Critical pathways in anterior cranial base surgery

New advances in anterior cranial base surgery have dictated the need for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of lesions of th is area, necessitating multiple modes of diagnostic and surgical techniques . Traditional consideration of the complex problems presented by neoplastic involvement of the anterior cranial base predicated on isolated syndrome a nalysis is no longer sufficient to adequately assess tumor pathology, To ad dress these complex problems, we discuss a method of localization of pathol ogy based on anatomic structure and function as well as the corresponding s urgical approach to the anterior cranial base.