title: Skull base surgery: Indian perspective.
abstract: Skull base tumors occur at an interface of multiple surgical specialties, which need to work in tandem to treat these cases. The number of estimated new cancer cases in India is approximately 1 million in a year, and skull base tumors are estimated to be 3500 a year. We present an overview of our experience of operating 550 patients with these tumors during a period of 15 years in a cross-section of society with varying economic background and with our limited resources. We have illustrated 5 patients who have been operated on by us. We have proposed how we could further our cause in treating these patients in our scenario.
authors.affiliation: From the Jaju Plastic Surgery Center, The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Hemen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaju
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D061646:Operative Time; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D018243:Teratocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult