What is Skull Base Surgery?
Skull base surgery is the surgical treatment of various diseases in the skull base. There are benign and malignant tumor types.
How is skull base surgery performed?
In skull base surgery, tumors are the main ones; tumors are either tumors that originate from the tissues in the skull base, most of which are benign tumors.tumors (e.g. meningioma, neurinoma, pituitary adenoma, ...), and surgical removal of the entire tumor can lead to a cure.it is possible; sometimes tumors located in the skull base are malignant (e.g. carcinomas, esthesioneuroblastoma, chordoma, ...), but even in these cases it is still possible to find a largeA large amount of tumor tissue can be removed and patients benefit; in addition, metastases can also be located in this area. Other diseases of the skull base can also be treated effectively and with good results.
Skull base surgery is perhaps one of the most complex and challenging surgical procedures, because anatomically, the skull base is the area where the brain is located within the skull.The region of the brain is extremely protected, difficult to access, and contains many vital structures of vascular and nervous tissue in a dense and intertwined manner. Surgical interventions in this region require a competent and experienced multidisciplinary team (neurosurgeon, neuroanesthesiologist and intensive care specialist, neuroradiologist, neuropathologist, ... and allied health team), a hospital - operating room - intensive care unit and service equipped with high technology, ... and advanced hospital organization. In this respect, this type of surgery is performed in very few centers. However, the results of "Skull Base Surgery", which is a difficult process for both the patient and the physician group, requiring extreme attention, experience, labor, competence, equipment and organization, are very pleasing and pleasing. Skull base surgery is an important surgery.
In our hospital, this highly specific area of Neurosurgery, "Skull Base Surgery", is performed with a high level of success. All treatments are planned for skull base surgery.
Which Patients Should Skull Base Surgery Be Performed?
Skull base surgery may be necessary in patients with mostly tumors located in the skull base, as well as in vascular diseases, congenital or acquired advanced-extensive deformities of the head (such as craniofacial dysostoses, ...), some traumatic lesions and many other disease groups. Surgical intervention can remove the tumor, eliminate vascular problems (e.g. cerebrovascular bubbles/aneurysms, vascular tangles, ...), correct or repair deformities and allow the patient to return to a normal life after treatment. With skull base surgery, the patient can regain his/her former health.
How long is the recovery period?
Treatment planning in skull base surgery varies greatly from patient to patient. In a standard "Skull Base Surgery" procedure, the patient is expected to have an average hospital stay of "ten days". However, in some patients, other treatment methods are applied along with the surgical treatment or the surgical intervention can sometimes be performed in several sessions, in which case the duration may be slightly longer.