title: Preoperative evaluation of patients with advanced tumors of the skull base.
abstract: The purpose of the pre-operative assessment in patients with advanced skull base disease, is to provide the treating physicians with as much data as possible pertaining to the patient and the disease. The meticulous analysis of this clinicoradiologic evaluation will help in planning the method and magnitude of tumor resection, and functional defect reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Leonetti
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*