Pediatric Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery

Section I. Pediatric Anatomy, Approaches, and Surgical Considerations

1 Anatomy of the Developing Pediatric Skull Base

2 Pediatric Rhinological Considerations

3 Anesthetic Considerations in Pediatric Patients

4 Patient Positioning and Operating Room Set-Up

5 Instrumentation

6 Intraoperative IONM during Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery

7 Endonasal Corridors and Approaches [ED]

8 Combined Transcranial and Endonasal Approaches

9 Transorbital and Endonasal Approaches [ED]

10 Endonasal vs. Supraorbital Eyebrow Approaches: Decision-Making in the Pediatric Population

11 Ventral Approaches to Intraparenchymal Tumors of the Skull Base and Brainstem

Section II. Pathology Specific to the Pediatric Skull Base

12 Encephalocele/Meningoencephalocele

13 Sellar Arachnoid Cysts

14 Odontoidectomy for Cranio-Vertebral Junction (CVJ) Compression

15 Rathe's Cleft Cyst

16 Pediatric Craniopharyngioma

17 Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma: Functional

18 Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma: Non-Functional

19 Epidermoid and Dermoid Tumors

C20 Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma

21 Optic Pathway Glioma and Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma

22 Germ Cell Tumors

23 Chordoma [ED]

24 Chondrosarcoma

25 Malignant Skull Base Tumors

26 Subperiosteal Orbital Abscess

Section III. Skull Base Closure, Complication Management, and Postoperative Care

27 Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base - Vascularized Flaps

28 Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base - Multilayer Closure

29 Closure Techniques for the Pediatric Skull Base - Gasket Seal

30 Closure Techniques for Pediatric Skull Base - Bilayer Button

31 Endoscopic Endonasal Closure Techniques for Pediatric Skull Base - Lumbar Drains

32 Complication Management in Pediatric Endonasal Skull Base Surgery [ED]

33 Postoperative Care for Pediatric Skull Base Patients: The Neurosurgery Perspective

34 Postoperative Care for Pediatric Skull Base Patients: The Otolaryngology Perspective