Surgery of the anterior skull base for malignant tumors.
Craniofacial resection is one of the surgical approaches for treatment of malignant tumours near or involving the anterior skull base. The indications, preoperative evaluation, surgical procedure, reconstruction, complications and prognostic factors are discussed.
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Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*