Long-term outcome following radical temporal bone resection for lateral skull base malignancies: a neurosurgical perspective

Abstract

The neurosurgical skull base technique could improve the probability of en bloc resection with a tumor-free margin for extensive temporal bone malignancies, which would cure a subset of patients. The active participation of neurosurgeons would improve patient care in this field.

Predictors of survival and recurrence after temporal bone resection for cancer

“…These numbers are reflections of the underlying characteristics of the patient cohort at each institution. 8–15,17–19,22,23,30–32,34,35,37–42 Attempting to improve understanding of prognostic factors, 5 groups have recently analyzed outcomes using univariate analyses. In 1997, Testa et al 20 reported outcomes of 79 Brazilian patients treated between 1953 and 1995.…”

Predictors of Survival and Recurrence after Temporal Bone Resection for Cancer

“…The extant literature consists of numerous case series that have reported a wide range of survival data, reflecting differences in the underlying characteristics of cohorts drawn from various institutions. 1,6,[8][9][10][12][13][14][15]18,19,22,24,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Historical survival data can be most readily generalized to clinical practice if factors predictive of outcome can be identified. Several larger series have reported preliminary descriptions of factors influencing survival, based on univariate comparisons.…”

“…These numbers are reflections of the underlying characteristics of the patient cohort at each institution. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][17][18][19]22,23,[30][31][32]34,35,[37][38][39][40][41][42] Attempting to improve understanding of prognostic factors, 5 groups have recently analyzed outcomes using univariate analyses. In 1997, Testa et al 20 Based on these outcomes data, we currently consider the minimum operation for the vast majority of malignant disease involving the external auditory canal/temporal bone to be a lateral temporal bone resection.…”

Anatomía endoscópica de la unidad estructural Fisura orbitaria inferior - Músculo de Müller en la Junción órbito selar medial y su importancia quirúrgica

“…A su vez, como sabemos, la elección óptima del abordaje quirúrgico también dependerá del proceso patológico en cuestión (1,2,3) . Los abordajes quirúrgicos tradicionales al ápex orbitario incluyen, entre otros, orbitotomías laterales y craneotomías con componente orbitario, ambos procedimientos muy invasivos y con significativa morbilidad si los comparamos a los empleados en los abordajes quirúrgicos endoscópicos (4,5,6,7,1,8) . Además de los clásicos, otros tipos de abordajes posibles a esta región son los endoscópicos tansetmoidales y transmaxilares.…”