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Skull Base Surgery for Benign Skull Base Tumors

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The use of skull base techniques in the treatment of benign skull base tumors has allowed access to areas of the brain once considered Inaccessible. The most common benign skull base tumors encountered in neurosurgical practice are benign meningiomas, schwannomas, and glomus jugulare tumors. Gross total resection of these lesions gives patients the best possible chance of a cure. In this paper, we review the rationale for the use of skull base surgery techniques for benign skull base tumors.

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Bulsara, K.R., Al-Mefty, O. Skull Base Surgery for Benign Skull Base Tumors. J Neurooncol 69, 181–189 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NEON.0000041881.59775.d5

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