Consortium on Skull Base Tumors

New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has long been regarded as one of our nation's leading institutions in the care of the complicated patient. This tradition has continued in the field of Skull Base Tumors. Technological and surgical advances have made the safe treatment of cranial base tumors commonplace at our institution. 

Multidisciplinary Approach

The foundation of successful treatment of patients with skull base tumors is a multidisciplinary approach. The Consortium on Skull Base Tumors is composed of neurosurgeons, neurotologists, radiation therapists, neurophysiologists, neuroanesthesiologists, neuroradiologists and plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Each of these subspecialsists brings their own specific expertise to the care of the patient with a cranial base lesion. 

Skull Base Tumors

Skull base tumors arise in or impinge upon the bony cranium. They may arise: 
  • Within the bones of the cranial base, as in acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwanommas), pituitary tumors, glomus tumors or temporal bone petrous apex tumors.  
  • Beneath the cranial base and ascend to it, as in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, paranasal sinus tumors, or esthesioneuroblastomas. 
  • Above the cranial base and extend interiorly to involve the cranial base through bony erosion, as in meningiomas, chordomas or sarcomas. 
<-- The surgical approaches that are used in the treatment of these patients include anterior, middle and posterior fossa craniotomies, craniofacial resections and craniotomies through the temporal bone (translabyrinthine, transcochlear and infratemporal fossa ). In addition, transcervical and transfacial routes are often employed.

 

Innovative Technology

The Consortium on Skull Base Surgery utilizes multichannel intraoperative neural monitoring and microsurgical instrumentation to minimize impact to the patient. Minimally invasive approaches with neuro-endoscopy are applied whenever applicable. In addition, our consortium has numerous options of treating our patients with focused forms of radiation therapy, such as the gamma knife and the X knife. 

200 Year Tradition of Excellence

Although the field of skull base surgery has only recently evolved in the end of the twentieth century, our medical center is proud of a 200 year tradition of excellence in patient care, education and leadership in medicine. Today's patients continue to benefit from this innovations and excellent care at out institution.  

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