Innovative microsurgical and endoscopic techniques in treatment of disorders affecting skull base and craniovertebral junction

Abstract

Treatment of the disorders affecting skull base and craniovertebral junction (С1-С2, C1-C3) associated with craniovertebral instability is an unresolved issue of modern neurosurgery. Patients are often denied surgical care due to the disorder complexity, and treatment is limited to conservative methods (cervical collar, halo apparatus) that are palliative in nature. Patients with craniovertebral pathology have been considered to be radically inoperable until recently. Advanced methods for treatment of patients with various disorders affecting skull base and craniovertebral junction are used and developed in the Burdenko Neurosurgical Center.

Keywords

• neurosurgery
• microsurgery
• endoscopic techniques
• skull base
• craniovertebral junction