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Complications of Surgical Management of Skull Base and Sinonasal Malignancies

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The mainstay of treatment for sinonasal and skull base malignancies includes surgical resection with or without adjuvant therapy. Depending on the extent of the tumor, surgical removal can be extremely challenging because of the proximity of the paranasal sinuses to the orbit, intracranial cavity, and major neurovascular structures. Traditionally, an open approach was used to achieve surgical resection of these malignancies. Over the last 30 years, there have been significant advances in sinonasal and skull base surgery. With improvements in anatomical knowledge, surgical technique, and skull base reconstruction, the endoscopic endonasal approach has now become an accepted surgical approach in the management of certain sinonasal malignancies. This has added to the armamentarium of options available for surgical control of these complex tumors.

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Maxfield, A.Z., Workman, A., Gray, S.T. (2022). Complications of Surgical Management of Skull Base and Sinonasal Malignancies. In: Saba, N.F., Lin, D.T. (eds) Sinonasal and Skull Base Malignancies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97618-7_10

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