Endoscopic skull base surgery
Endoscopic skull base surgery is a minimally invasive technique of brain surgery, that enables surgeon access to inaccessible areas of the brain where certain types of tumors and abnormalities may develop. The skull is made of many bones and cartilages, the base of the skull is formed by bones of the eye socket, the roof of the nasal cavity, some sinuses, and the bones that surround the inner ear. The skull base is a complicated area with different blood vessels, openings of the spinal cord, and nerves. It allows for the removal of cancerous and non-cancerous tumors and abnormalities underside the brain, and the top of the spinal column as these areas are difficult to see and reach, without the need for a large incision in the skull; instead, tumors are removed through the mouth, nose, or a small opening above the eyebrow. Traditionally the tumors in the base of the skull were removed through the bony skull, which required large skull and facial incisions, bone flaps, and brain retract...