Transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery for the treatment of skull base lesions.

ABSTRACT: Transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery (TONES) is a relatively new technique that not only allows access to the contents of the orbit but also the intracranial compartment, including the anterior cranial fossa, middle fossa and lateral cavernous sinus. In this study, we aimed to retrospectively review the largest experience to our knowledge with regards to surgical outcomes of skull base pathologies treated with a TONES procedure. Forty patients (aged 3-89 years) underwent 45 TONES procedures between the years of 2006-2013. Pathologies were cerebrospinal fluid leak repair (n=16), traumatic fracture (n=8), tumor (n=11), meningoencephalocele (n=5), hematoma (n=1), and infection (n=4). Three patients had a persistent complication at 3 months, including a case each of enophthalmos (unnoticed by

SUBMITTER: Ramakrishna R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955706 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature