Today, expanded endonasal approaches (EEA) have revolutionized the surgical treatment paradigm for pediatric central skull base lesions. Specially adapted micro-instruments have been developed to permit passage through the narrow sinonasal pathways in children, enabling access to the entire midline skull base, from the crista galli to the cervico-medullary junction.

Pediatric Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery by Harminder Singh, Jeffrey Greenfield, Vijay Anand, and Theodore Schwartz is the first textbook focused solely on endoscopic endonasal management of cranial base pathologies in children. The book reflects in-depth expertise from an extraordinary group of international contributors from five continents, who share extensive knowledge on this emerging field. Thirty chapters are presented in three comprehensive sections.

Key Features

• Core topics including anatomy, rhinological and anesthetic considerations, patient positioning and OR set-up, instrumentation, and endonasal corridors and approaches
• Fifteen chapters detail endoscopic treatment of a full spectrum of pediatric pathologies, such as craniopharyngioma, meningoencephalocele, basilar invagination, and benign and malignant tumors, among others
• Discussion of multiple skull-base closure techniques, managing complications, and neurosurgical and otolaryngological postoperative care
• Visually rich, the succinct text is enhanced with more than 200 high-quality surgical illustrations and intraoperative photographs, as well as procedural videos

This unique reference is essential reading for neurosurgical and otolaryngology residents and fellows, as well as veteran surgeons, nurse-practitioners, and physician-assistants who treat and care for pediatric patients with skull-base conditions.

Contents

۱ Anatomy of the Developing Pediatric Skull Base
۲ Pediatric Rhinologic Considerations
۳ Anesthetic Considerations in Pediatric Patients
۴ Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup
۵ Instrumentation
۶ Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring during Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
۷ Endonasal Corridors and Approaches
۸ Combined Transcranial and Endonasal Approaches
۹ Transorbital and Multiportal Approaches
۱۰ Endonasal versus Supraorbital Eyebrow Approaches: Decision-Making in the Pediatric Population
۱۱ Ventral Approaches to Intraparenchymal Tumors of the Skull Base and Brainstem
۱۲ Meningoencephaloceles
۱۳ Sellar Arachnoid Cysts
۱۴ Odontoidectomy for Craniovertebral Junction Compression
۱۵ Rathke’s Cleft Cyst
۱۶ Craniopharyngioma
۱۷ Pituitary Adenomas: Functional
۱۸ Pituitary Adenoma: Nonfunctional
۱۹ Epidermoid and Dermoid Tumors
۲۰ Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
۲۱ Optic Pathway Glioma and Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma
۲۲ Germ Cell Tumors
۲۳ Chordoma
۲۴ Chondrosarcomas
۲۵ Malignant Skull Base Tumors
۲۶ Subperiosteal Orbital Abscess
۲۷ Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base: Vascularized Flaps
۲۸ Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base: Multilayer Closure
۲۹ Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base: Gasket Seal
۳۰ Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base: Bilayer Button
۳۱ Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base: Lumbar Drains
۳۲ Complication Management in Pediatric Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
۳۳ Postoperative Care for Pediatric Skull Base Patients: The Neurosurgery Perspective
۳۴ Postoperative Care for Pediatric Skull Base Patients: The Otolaryngology Perspective