Book description
Focusing on the variety of pathological processes that arise in the
sellar and parasellar regions of the central skull base,
Sellar and Parasellar Tumors: Diagnosis, Treatments, and Outcomes
is a state-of-the-art reference written by renowned leaders in the
field. It takes a disease-oriented approach to complex pathologies. The
work includes contributions by multispecialty teams and details
technical advances and management options for all clinicians treating
patients with parasellar and sellar pathology.
Special Features:
Represents the multidisciplinary management of these cases, with
contributions from neurological surgeons, otolaryngologists, radiation
oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, endocrinologists, and ophthalmologists
Covers the many diverse tumor types found in the sellar and
parasellar region,-including pituitary tumors, meningiomas, chordomas,
and chondrosarcomas, with clinical management strategies for each
Provides detailed, illustrated descriptions of optimal surgical
approaches tailored to the patient and pathology, including
transsphenoidal surgery, precise craniotomies using skull base
techniques, minimally invasive eyebrow exposures, endoscopic anterior
skull base techniques, and stereotactic radiosurgery
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different surgical
approaches, tips for complication avoidance, patient evaluation
methods, surgical indications and outcomes, and more
Includes comprehensive neuroanatomic dissections that provide
visualization of the entire sellar and parasellar region
Offers radiologic, medical, and ophthalmologic management techniques
for patients with sellar and parasellar tumors
Complete with full-color illustrations, high-quality radiographs, and
instructive tables,
Sellar and Parasellar Tumors
is the authoritative reference for neurosurgeons, otolaryngologists,
endocrinologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, radiation oncologists, and any
other clinician who diagnoses, treats, and manages patients with these
complex disorders. University of Virginia; Department of Neurosurgery;
Health Sciences Center; Charlottesville, VA, USA Assistant Professor of
Neurological Surgery, Dept. Of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia,
Charlotte, VA, USA
