Experience with radical surgical treatment of maxillofacial tumours invading the base of the skull. Long term results.
A review of patient data of maxillofacial tumours invading the base of the skull shows a relatively high fatality rate as a result of surgical intervention but also an unexpectedly high life expectancy. Surgical intervention seems to be the right choice whenever clinical examination suggest tumour removal is possible even if a tumour cannot be extirpated in one operation and a further operation from a second access is needed.
Mailath
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Clinik of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Vienna.
Rasse
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Hollmann
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Schuster
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D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008722:Methods; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate