Functional Outcomes for Endoscopic and Open Skull Base Surgery: An Evidence-Based Review

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1185-1200

  de Almeida, John R ^a   Witterick, Ian J ^b   Vescan, Allan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Functional outcomes; Open; Quality of life; Skull base surgery; Transcranial; Transfacial

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAINSTEM COMPRESSION; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIAL NERVE DEFICIT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE HEAD AND NECK MODULE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY HEAD AND NECK MODULE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLASGOW BENEFIT INVENTORY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MENINGIOMA; NOSE CRUSTING; NOSE DISCHARGE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; OLFACTORY GROOVE MENINGIOMA; OPEN SKULL BASE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SMELLING DISORDER; SUBLABIAL MICROSCOPIC APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSNASAL MICROSCOPIC APPROACH; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053468519     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.017     Document Type: Review

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