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84th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

08.05. - 12.05.2013, Nürnberg

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Complications in lateral skull base surgery

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  • corresponding author Holger Sudhoff - Klinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Bielefeld
  • Lars-Uwe Scholtz - Klinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Bielefeld
  • Martin Lehmann - Klinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Bielefeld
  • David Moffat - Department of Otolaryngology, Skull Base Surgery, Cambridge, UK
  • Jörg Ebmeyer - Klinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Bielefeld

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 84. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Nürnberg, 08.-12.05.2013. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2013. Doc13hnod555

doi: 10.3205/13hnod555, urn:nbn:de:0183-13hnod5551

Published: April 15, 2013

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This presentation highlights the diagnosis and management of patients with complications in lateral skull base surgery. The management of lesions of the lateral skull base is a highly complex part of surgery generally performed by otolaryngologists and neurosurgeons as part of a multi-disciplinary team regarding evaluation, approach and postoperative management. Evaluation of patients with diseases affecting the lateral skull base can be complex, as the treatment may result in various expected and unexpected side effects. A wide variety of pathological conditions may occur in the lateral skull base. Numerous operations and procedures have been described for dealing with them and their complications. There is not necessarily one single right solution to the management of any particular problem in lateral skull base surgery. Multiple factors have to be considered in dealing with its complications. We need to know how our own results and outcomes compare with published data concerning the implications and complications occurring as a result of our intervention. Minor and major complications during lateral skull base surgery and postoperative management are highlighted in this presentation.

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