The low skull base - Is it important?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-21

  Stankiewicz, James A ^a   Chow, James M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain complications; Cribriform plate; Fovea ethmoidalis; Low lying skull base; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE;

BRAIN INJURIES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SKULL BASE;

EID: 13244275040     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200502000-00006     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. Stammberger H: Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Philadelphia: BC Decker; 1991; 69-76. An excellent discussion of radiologic anatomy as it pertains to the skull-base.
2. Kainz T, Stammberger H: The roof of the ethmoid. A place of best resistance in the skull-base. Am J Rhinol 1989; 4:191-199. Nicely describes variations of the cribriform plate noted on CT scan and classifies them.
3. Meyers RM, Valvassori G: Interpretations of anatomic variations of computer tomography scans of the sinuses: A surgeon's perspective. Laryngoscope 1998; 108:422-425. A very good study of several hundred CT scans looking at areas of difficulty and danger in endoscopic sinus surgery.
4. Stankiewicz JA, Chow JM: The low skull-base: an invitation to disaster. Am J Rhinol 2004; 18:35-40. Reviews the variation of skull-base anatomy and discusses several cases where a low-lying skull-base contributed to brain complications. Recommendations for safe endoscopic surgery are made.