DOI : 10.1055/s-00000181

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base

Issue S 01 · Volume 73 · February 2012 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-23170

22nd Annual Meeting North American Skull Base Society
Presentation Abstracts
Planet Hollywood, 17–19 February 2012

Dennis H. Kraus

A002
Amit, Moran; Collins, Michael T.; FitzGibbon, Edmond J.; Butman, John A.; Fliss, Dan M.; Gil, Ziv: Surgery versus Watchful Waiting in Patients with Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia: A Meta-Analysis
A004
McCoul, Edward D.; Anand, Vijay K.; Bedrosian, Jeffrey C.; Schwartz, Theodore H.: Quality-of-Life Improvements after Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery for Nonpituitary Tumors
A007
Van Gompel, Jamie J.; Giannini, Caterina; Olsen, Kerry D.; Moore, Eric; Piccirilli, Manolo; Foote, Robert L.; Buckner, Jan C.; Link, Michael J.: Long-Term Outcome of Esthesioneuroblastoma: Hyams Grade Predicts Patient Survival
A008
Garg, Rohit; Keschner, David B.; Lee, Jivianne; Brunworth, Joseph; Chu, Eugene; Vanefsky, Marc; Krantz, Kenneth; Choi, Sooho; Shibuya, Terry: Functional Outcomes of Individuals Undergoing Surgery of the Infratemporal Fossa, a 14-Year Experience
A010
Wang, Anthony C.; Altshuler, David B.; Hervey-Jumper, Shawn L.; Than, Khoi D.; Fan, Xing; Muraszko, Karin M.; McKean, Erin L.; Sullivan, Stephen E.: Aberrant Motor Regulation in Chordoma
A011
Siu, I-Mei; Salmasi, Vafi; Orr, Brent A.; Zhao, Qi; Binder, Zev A.; Reh, Douglas D.; Ishii, Masaru; Hann, Christine L.; Gallia, Gary L.: Establishment and Initial Characterization of a Primary Human Chordoma Xenograft Model
A012
Rassekh, Christopher H.; Shires, Courtney B.; Livolsi, Virginia A.; Loevner, Laurie A.; Grady, Sean M.; O'Malley, Bert W.: Chondroid Chordoma: Is It Really a Chondrosarcoma and Does It Matter?
A013
Abuzeid, Waleed M.; Akbar, Nadeem; Sullivan, Stephen E.; Marentette, Lawrence J.; McKean, Erin L.: Skull Base Chordoma: Results and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Approaches in a Single Institution
A014
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Thakur, Jai D.; Javalkar, Vijaykumar; Patil, Shashikant; Khan, Imad S.; Burton, Mathew; Nanda, Anil: Micro-Neurosurgical Management of Cavernous Sinus Meningioma: Single-Surgeon Experience from Louisiana State University, Shreveport
A017
Choy, Winward; Kim, Won; Osborne, Ashley; Spasic, Marko; Cremer, Nicole; Yang, Isaac: Long-Term Clinical and Surgical Outcomes of Patients with Intracranial Meningiomas
A018
Zhang, Junting; Tang, Jie; Wu, Zhen; Zhang, Liwei; Jia, Guijun; Xiao, Xinru; Geng, Sumin; Zhou, Dabiao: Surgical Management of Jugular Foramen Meningioma
A019
Woodworth, Graeme F.; McCoul, Edward; Anand, Vijay; Schwartz, Theodore H.: Endonasal Endoscopic Approaches to Lesions Invading the Cavernous Sinus: Reaching Equipoise
A020
Mitchell, Candace A.; Zanation, Adam M.; Senior, Brent A.; Ewend, Matthew G.; Ebert, Charles S.: Direct Healthcare Cost Analysis of Endoscopic Compared with Sublabial Transseptal Pituitary Surgery
A021
Eloy, Jean Anderson; Kuperan, Arjuna B.; Friedel, Mark E.; Patel, Chirag D.; Shukla, Pratik A.; Choudhry, Osama J.; Liu, James K.: Endoscopic Nasoseptal Flap Repair of Skull Base Defects: Is Addition of a Dural Sealant Necessary?
A022
Kaplan, Seth E.; Beahm, Donald D.; Kenning, Tyler J.; Farrell, Christopher J.; Evans, James J.; Rosen, Marc R.: Pedicled Nasoseptal Flap Preservation for Endoscopic Reconstruction of the Cranial Base: Technique and Approach
A023
Raper, Daniel M.; Komotar, Ricardo J.; Starke, Robert M.; Anand, Vijay K.; Schwartz, Theodore H.: Endoscopic Endonasal versus Microscopic Transsphenoidal and Open Transcranial Approaches for Giant Pituitary Adenomas
A024
Prevedello, Daniel M.; Shaikhouni, Ammar; Mafaldo, Rodrigo; Filho, Leo Ditzel; de Lara, Daniele; Otto, Brad; Carrau, Ricardo: The Role of Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Treatment of Cavernous Sinus Meningioma
A025
Bohman, Leif-Erik; Stein, Sherman; Newman, Jason G.; Palmer, James; Adappa, Nithin; Khan, Aamir; Sitterley, T. T.; Chang, Diana; Lee, John Y.: Decision Analysis: Endoscopic Versus Open Resection of Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas
A027
Starke, Robert M.; Koga, Sebastian; Pledger, Carrie L.; Payne, Spencer C.; Oldfield, Edward H.; Jane, John J.: Transsphenoidal Surgery for Acromegaly: Methods of Surgical Resection, Remission Using Modern Criteria, and Predictors of Outcome
A028
Revuelta-Gutierrez, Rogelio; Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel A.; Soto-Hernandez, Jose L.: Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia without Vascular Compression: 20 Years of Experience
A031
Dedhia, Raj C.; Lord, Christopher; Pinheiro-Neto, Carlos; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Wang, Eric W.; Gardner, Paul A.; Snyderman, Carl H.: Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: Patient and Societal Costs of Surgical Education
A033
Al-Sheibani, S.; Zanation, A.; Carrau, R. L.; Prevedello, D. M.; Snyderman, C. H.; Otto, B. A.; Old, M.: Endoscopic Endonasal Transpterygoid Nasopharyngectomy
A034
Malyapa, Robert S.; Mendenhall, William M.; Yeung, Daniel; McKenzie, Craig; Li, Zuofeng; Morris, Chris G.; Mendenhall, Nancy P.; Okunieff, Paul: Proton Therapy of Cancers of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses—the UFPTI Experience
A035
O'Neill, James P.; Elder, Justin; Liu, Jeffrey C.; Ganly, Ian; Patel, Snehel; Bilsky, Mark; Kraus, Dennis; Shah, Jatin P.: Chondrosarcomas of the Head and Neck: A 50-Year Review
A037
Banuchi, Victoria E.; Morris, Luc; Bilsky, Mark H.; Shah, Jatin P.; Kraus, Dennis H.: Incidence and Timing of Neck Metastases in Esthesioneuroblastoma
A039
Williams, Michelle D.; Bell, Diana; Hanna, Ehab Y.: Loss of PTEN Expression in Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
A041
Feigl, Guenther C.; Krischek, Boris; Ritz, Rainer; Ramina, Kristofer; Korn, Andreas; Tatagiba, Marcos: Navigated Transconjunctival Endoscopic Approaches to the Orbit
A042
Dixon, Benjamin J.; Daly, Michael; Chan, Harley; Vescan, Allan; Witterick, Ian; Irish, Jonathan: Augmented Real-Time Navigation with Critical Structure Proximity Alerts for Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
A044
Tai, Bruce L.; Shih, Albert J.; McKean, Erin L.; Sullivan, Stephen E.: A Thermal Injury Alarm System in the Expanded Endonasal Approach to the Skull Base
A045
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Gande, Abhiram; Tormenti, Matthew J.; Koutourousiou, Maria; Paluzzi, Alessandro; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Snyderman, Carl H.; Gardner, Paul A.: Intraoperative CT-Guidance to Confirm Decompression Following an Endonasal Approach for the Treatment of Cervicomedullary Compression
A049
Charalampaki, Cleopatra; Foersch, Sebastian; Heimann, Axel; Mpoukouvalas, Konstantin; Kempski, Oliver: Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) for Diagnosis and Histomorphologic Imaging of Brain Tumors in Vivo
A050
Haydon, Devon; Uppaluri, Ravindra; Zipfel, Gregory; Haughey, Bruce; Getz, Anne; Chicoine, Michael: Combined Intraoperative MRI and Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches for Nonpituitary Skull Base Lesions
A052
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Shamy, George Al; Gressot, Loyola; Suki, Dima; Sawaya, Raymond; Demonte, Franco; Levine, Nicholas B.: Meningiomas Involving the Dural Venous Sinuses: Surgical Outcome in 118 Patients
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Osbun, Joshua W.; Mantovani, Alessandra; DiMaio, Salvatore; Levitt, Michael R.; Ferreira, Manuel; Sekhar, Laligam N.: Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Management of Meningiomas Invading Dural Sinus
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Ditzel Filho, Leo F.; de Lara, Danielle; Mafaldo, Rodrigo C.; Old, Matthew O.; Otto, Bradley A.; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Prevedello, Daniel M.: Bone Invasion in Skull Base Meningiomas Resected by Expanded Endonasal Endoscopic Approaches
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Suri, Vaishali; Kumar, Sawan; Mohan, Laxmi; Bhagat, Utkarsh; Suri, Ashish; Sharma, M. C.; Sarkar, Chitra: Evaluation of Molecular Alterations in Petroclival Meningiomas and Their Correlation with Extent of Tumor Resection
A062
Pittman, Amy L.; Leonetti, John P.; Marzo, Sam J.; Anderson, Douglas; Vandevender, Darl; Borrowdale, Richard: Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer for Facial Reanimation of the Paralyzed Face
A063
Old, Matthew; Kakarala, Kiran; Agrawal, Amit; Ozer, Enver; Carrau, Ricardo; Ammirati, Mario; Prevedello, Daniel; Teknos, Theodoros: Practical Approach to Microvascular Reconstruction of Significant Skull Base Defects
A064
Sappington, Joshua M.; Leonetti, John P.; Marzo, Sam J.; Anderson, Douglas: Grading Facial Nerve Function Following Combined Static and Mimetic Surgical Techniques
A066
Paluzzi, Alessandro; Tormenti, Matthew; Koutourousiou, Maria; Pinheiro-Neto, Carlos D.; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Gardner, Paul; Snyderman, Carl: Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Cholesterol Granulomas of the Petrous Apex: A Series of 17 Patients
A067
Benet, Arnau F.; Prevedello, Daniel M.; Rincon-Torroella, Jordina; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan Carlos; Filho, Leo F. Ditzel; Prats-Galino, Alberto; Kassam, Amin B.: Comparative Analysis of the Transcranial “Far Lateral” versus the Endoscopic Endonasal “Far Medial” Approach: Surgical Anatomy and Clinical Illustration
A068
Rawal, Rounak B.; Zanation, Adam M.; Senior, Brent A.; Ewend, Matthew G.; Ebert, Charles S.: Long-Term Quality of Life Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Pituitary Surgery
A069
Foster, Kimberly; Koutourousiou, Maria; Tormenti, Matthew; Addo, Nii; Snyderman, Carl; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth; Gardner, Paul: Weight Profile in Children Following Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Craniopharyngioma
A070
Bergsneider, Marvin; Wang, Marilene B.; Suh, Jeffrey; Heaney, Anthony; Pham, Tracie; Yong, William: High Incidence of Dural Tumor Infiltration in Endocrine Active Pituitary Tumors without MRI Evidence of Cavernous Sinus Invasion
A071
Piedra, Mark P.; Coppa, Nicholas D.; Dogan, Aclan; Yedinak, Chris; Brzana, Jessica; Andersen, Peter E.; Delashaw, Johnny B.; Fleseriu, Maria: Short-Term Risk of Recurrence of Surgically Treated, Radiotherapy-Naive Pituitary Adenomas
A072
Prevedello, Daniel M.; de Lara, Danielle; Filho, Leo F. S. Ditzel; Mafaldo, Rodrigo C.; Otto, Bradley A.; Carrau, Ricardo L.: The Relevance of ACTH Monitoring during Surgical Management of Cushing's Disease
A073
Kenning, Tyler J.; Campbell, Peter G.; Farrell, Christopher; Beahm, David; Schaberg, Madeline; Ahmed, Intekhab; Rosen, Marc; Evans, James J.: Predictive Value of Early Postoperative Growth Hormone Levels in Determining Long-Term Biochemical Cure of Acromegaly
A074
Scopel, Tiago F.; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Pinheiro-Neto, Carlos D.; Peris-Celda, Maria; Paluzzi, Alessandro; Hirsch, Barry E.; Gardner, Paul A.; Snyderman, Carl H.: Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granulomas: Endonasal vs. Infracochlear Approach
A075
Griessenauer, Christoph J.; Mortazavi, Martin M.; Tubbs, Shane R.: The Artery of Davidoff and Schechter: An Anatomical Study
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Griessenauer, Christoph J.; Mortazavi, Martin M.; Tubbs, Shane R.: The Artery of Percheron: An Anatomical Study
A077
Donaldson, Angela M.; Shoman, Nael; Ksiazek, Jeffrey; Pensak, Myles L.; Zimmer, Lee A.: Second Stage in Predicative Measure for Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma
A079
Sonig, Ashish; Thakur, Jai Deep; Khan, Imad; Patil, Sashikanth; Shorter, Cedric; Nanda, Anil; Guthikonda, Bharat: Mapping of Transverse and Sigmoid Sinus Junction: Application in Vertical Extension of Suboccipital Craniotomy
A081
Ibrahim, Tarik F.; Braca, John A.; Mantravadi, Avinash V.; Mueller, Andrew; Leonetti, John P.; Anderson, Douglas E.: Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle: Approaches and Outcomes
A082
Chivukula, Srinivas; Koutourousiou, Maria; Snyderman, Carl H.; Gardner, Paul A.; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C.: Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery in the Pediatric Population
A083
Lega, Bradley C.; Stephen, James; Ruckinstein, Michael; Bigelow, Douglas; Alonso-Basanta, Michele; Dorsey, Jay; Lee, John Y.: Cochlear Radiation Dose Does Not Predict Hearing Loss after SRS for Glomus Jugulare Tumors
A084
Gooderham, Peter A.; Tu, Albert D.; Westerberg, Brian; Toyota, Brian D.; Akagami, Ryojo: Tumor Control Rates Using Linac Radiosurgery in Treatment of Growing Vestibular Schwannomas
A085
Spasic, Marko; Pezeshkain, Patrick; Fong, Brendan; Choy, Winward; Soleymani, Teo; Nagasawa, Daniel; Barkhoudarian, Garni; Gorgulho, Alessandra; De Salles, Antonio; Yang, Isaac: Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma
A086
Pebdani, Houman; Larijani, Soroush; Edem, Idara; Krischek, Boris; Tsang, Richard; Gentili, Fred; Zadeh, Gelareh: Role of Radiation Therapy in Clinical Hormonally Active Pituitary Adenomas: An Update of Their Efficacy and Safety
A087
Larjani, Soroush; Pebdani, Houman; Hayhurst, Caroline; Cusimano, Michael; Gentili, Fred; Zadeh, Gelareh: Does Pretreatment Growth Rate of Vestibular Schwannomas Predict Response to Radiosurgery and Adverse Radiation Effects?
A089
Son, Hwa J.; Karkas, Alexandre A.; Samy, Ravi N.; Theodosopoulos, Philip V.; Pensak, Myles L.: Temporal Meningoencephaloceles: Diagnostic Pitfalls, Surgical Repair, and Associated Pathologies
A091
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Kacker, Ashutosh; Halpern, Joshua; Liu, Jeffery; Schwartz, Theodore H.; Stewart, Michael G.: Meta-Analysis of Published Data on Outcome of Endoscopic versus Open Management of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibromas
A095
Germanwala, Anand V.; Zanation, Adam M.; Ramanathan, Murray: Dissecting Circle of Willis Arteries via Endoscopic Endonasal Techniques
A101
Friedman, Rick A.; Berliner, Karen; Bassim, Marc; Usick, Joseph; Schwartz, Marc S.; Brackmann, Derald E.: Surgical Salvage of Acoustic Neuroma after Failed Radiation Treatment
A104
Guthikonda, Bharat; Shorter, Cedric; Thakur, Jai; Toms, Jamie; Nanda, Anil: Importance of Low Amplitude Positive Facial Nerve Stimulation Following CP Angle Tumor Surgery
A105
Hoa, Michael; Friedman, Rick A.; Brackmann, Derald E.: Surgical Management of Endolymphatic Sac Tumors
A107
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Carlson, Matthew L.; Van Abel, Kathryn M.; Schmitt, William R.; Driscoll, Colin L.; Beatty, Charles W.; Neff, Brian A.; Link, Michael J.: The Anatomically Intact but Electrically Unresponsive Facial Nerve Following Vestibular Schwannoma Resection
A109
Copeland, William R.; Hoover, Jason M.; Morris, Jonathan M.; Neff, Brian A.; Driscoll, Colin; Meyer, Fredric B.; Link, Michael J.: Use of Preoperative MRI to Predict Vestibular Schwannoma Intraoperative Consistency and Facial Nerve Outcome
A110
Batra, Pete S.; McIntyre, John B.; Perez, Carlos L.; Penta, Mrudula; Tong, Liyue; Truelson, John: Patterns of Dural Involvement in Anterior Skull Base Tumors: Prospective Correlation of MRI and Histopathologic Findings
A111
Pinheiro-Neto, Carlos D.; Dedhia, Raj; Wang, Eric; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Gardner, Paul A.; Snyderman, Carl H.: Outcomes of Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Esthesioneuroblastoma
A112
Bly, Randall A.; Su, David; Ferreira, Manual; Moe, Kris S.: Computer Modeled Multiportal Approaches to the Skull Base
A113
Gallagher, Kelly; Pepper, Jon Paul; Light, Emily; McKean, Erin; Marentette, Lawrence; McHugh, Jonathan: Esthesioneuroblastoma: Updating Histologic Grading as It Relates to Prognosis
A114
Shuman, Andrew G.; Kang, Stephen Y.; Heth, Jason A.; Sullivan, Stephen E.; Marentette, Lawrence J.: Postoperative Performance Status with the Anterior Subcranial Approach
A116
Horowitz, Gilad; Margalit, Nevo; Amit, Moran; Gil, Ziv; Fliss, Dan M.: Efficacy and Safety of Frontal Sinus Cranialization
A118
Mohindra, Sandeep; Mohindra, Satyawati; Gupta, Sunil: An Analysis of 114 Cases of Skull Base Aspergillosis over a Decade
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Prevedello, Daniel M.; de Lara, Danielle; Filho, Leo F. S. Ditzel; Mafaldo, Rodrigo C.; Otto, Bradley A.; Carrau, Ricardo L.: Surgical Management of Skull Base Encephaloceles
A122
Dugar, Deepak R.; Rawal, Rounak; Senior, Brent; Ebert, Charles S.; Zanation, Adam M.: Endoscopic Approach to Lateral Sphenoid Encephaloceles Originating in Sternberg's Canal
A124
Lwu, Shelly; Bernstein, Mark; Zadeh, Gelareh; Gentili, Fred: Quality of Life after Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Qualitative Study
A125
Adappa, Nithin D.; Learned, Kim; Palmer, James N.; Newman, Jason G.; Lee, John Y.: Radiographic Enhancement of the Vascularized Nasoseptal Flap Does Not Predict CSF Leaks
A126
Linkov, Gary; Morris, Luc G.; Shah, Jatin P.; Kraus, Dennis H.: First-Bite Syndrome: Incidence, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes
A129
Suri, Ashish; Bansal, Sumit; Sharma, Bhawani; Mahapatra, Ashok K.; Kale, Sharad S.; Chandra, Sarat P.; Singh, Manmohan; Kumar, Rajender; Sharma, Manish: Hypoglossal Schwannomas: Single Institutional Experience of 14 Cases
A130
Hosseini, Seyed Mousa Sadr; McLaughlin, Nancy; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Prevedello, Daniel M.; Zanation, Adam; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Kassam, Amin B.: Endoscopic Transpterygoid Nasopharyngectomy: Correlation of Surgical Anatomy with Multiplanar CT
A134
Alahmadi, Hussein; Woo, Kenneth; Mohammed, Ameen; Cusimano, Michael; Goguen, Jeannette; Smyth, Harley; Covacs, Kalman: Comparison of the Outcomes of Endoscopic and Microscopic Surgery in Cushing's Disease
A135
Alahmadi, Hussein; Lee, Daniel; Hayhurst, Caroline; Asa, S.; Mete, O.; Gentili, Fred; Zadeh, Gelareh: Silent Corticotroph Adenomas, a Clinical and Pathological Comparison with Nonfunctional Adenomas
A136
McLaughlin, Nancy; Vandergrift, Alexander; Filho, Leo F. S. Ditzel; Shahlaie, Kiarash; Eisenberg, Amy; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Kelly, Daniel F.: Endonasal Management of Sellar Arachnoid Cysts: Simple Cyst Obliteration Technique
A140
Koutourousiou, Maria; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Snyderman, Carl H.; Gardner, Paul A.: Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Giant Pituitary Adenomas: Advantages and Limitations
A141
Farrell, Christopher J.; Sharma, Raul; Kenning, Tyler; Beahm, D. D.; Shaberg, Madeleine R.; Rosen, Marc R.; Evans, James J.: Reconstruction of the Intrasellar Tumor Resection Cavity Is Not Necessary to Prevent Optic Chiasm Prolapse Following Transsphenoidal Removal of Pituitary Macroadenomas
A142
Ackerman, Paul D.; Spencer, Drew A.; Prabhu, Vikram C.: Preoperative Lumbar Drain Placement in Anterior Skull Base Surgery
A144
Paluzzi, Alessandro; Tormenti, Matthew; Koutourousiou, Maria; Stefko, Susan; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C.; Gardner, Paul; Snyderman, Carl; Maroon, Joseph: “Round the Clock” Surgical Access to the Orbit
A145
McCoul, Edward D.; Anand, Vijay K.; Bedrosian, Jeffrey C.; Schwartz, Theodore H.: Preservation of Multidimensional Quality-of-Life after Endoscopic Resection of Pituitary Adenoma
A146
Amit, Moran; Abergel, Avraham; Fliss, Dan M.; Margalit, Nevo; Gil, Ziv: The Clinical Importance of Quality-of-Life Scores in Patients with Skull Base Tumors
A149
Cutler, Aaron R.; Xue, Kai; Suh, Jeffrey D.; Wang, Marilene B.; Bergsneider, Marvin: Barrier-Limited Multimodality Closure for Reconstruction of Wide Sellar Openings
A150
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Otto, Bradley A.; Carrau, Ricardo L.; Prevedello, Danielle M.; Old, Matthew O.; Ditzel Filho, Leo F.; de Lara, Danielle; Mafaldo, Rodrigo C.: Middle Turbinate Vascularized Flap: Applications in Skull Base Reconstruction
A153