Professor Dolenc edited the first comprehensive and up-to-date text dealing with the cavernous sinus. His book addressed anyone concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of lesions of the skull base. Now, twenty years later, the same author edits a new volume with articles by specialists in the topic presenting the state-of-the-art in this technology.
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Anatomy of the cavernous sinus.- The middle cranial base and cavernous sinus.- The transition between the cavernous sinus and orbit.- Venous anatomy of the lateral sellar compartment.- Central skull base anatomy as seen through the endoscope.- Surgical approaches to the central skull base.- Evolution from the classical pterional to the contemporary approach to the central skull base.- Extended endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to supra-parasellar tumors.- Neuromonitoring in central skull base surgery.- Neuromonitoring in central skull base surgery.- Surgical treatment of vascular lesions in the central skull base.- Surgical treatment of large/giant carotid-ophthalmic and other intradural internal carotid artery aneurysms.- Surgical treatment of basilar apex aneurysms - surgical approaches and techniques.- Aneurysms of the intracavernous ICA: Current treatment.- Surgical treatment of tumorous lesions in the central skull base.- Cavernous sinus meningiomas.- Surgery of cavernous sinus meningiomas: advantages and disadvantages.- Trigeminal neurinomas: surgical considerations.- Bypasses for cavernous sinus tumors: history, techniques, and current status.- Giant pituitary tumors: surgical treatment of 265 cases.- Radiosurgery in treatment of central skull base tumors.- The role of Gamma Knife surgery in the management of non-meningeal tumors of the cavernous sinus.
