Complex exposure through both the face and nose to remove tumours of the front part of the skull base, avoiding damage to vital structures like the brain and eyes.
- Temporal bone resection involves a open approach with the aid of a microscope to remove the bone housing the ear structures (middle part of the base of skull) because of cancer often originating in the ear canal or pinna extending into the canal.
- Infratemporal fossa tumour resections of tumours behind the jaw in the middle of the skull.
- Resection of Jugular and Vagal Paragangliomas which are tumours of the jugular vein and vagus nerve that leave the skull.
Exposure of the facial nerve in the temporal bone to protect or repair the nerve.
Other procedures
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Skull base
Nose, paranasal sinus and anterior skull base
Oral cavity
Oropharynx (throat behind the mouth)
Hypopharynx (throat behind the voice box)
Larynx (voice box)
Tracheal stenosis
Neck
Thyroid and parathyroid glands
Salivary glands and sialoendoscopy
Neurogenic tumours and paragangliomas
Soft tissue tumours and tumours of vascular origin and lymphatic malformations
Bone tumours and odontogenic lesions
Reconstructive surgery