Clinics in plastic surgery
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Several craniotomies have been described that allow extensive resection of skull base and low-lying cranial tumors that involve little disfigurement to the patient. These techniques should be of interest to plastic surgeons as they may be called to aid their neurosurgical colleagues in exposing the anterior skull base or may be involved in combined procedures to resect tumors that involve the face, sinuses, orbit, and cranial vault.
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Tumors of the skull base are varied and can be categorized into benign and malignant neoplasms. This article outlines the types of tumors found in this surgically challenging anatomic location.