Tumors arising in the base of the skull are among the most difficult to remove in neurosurgery. The current treatment method is to perform surgical removal by what is known as the microscopic anterior ...

Kofi Boahene, MD, an assistant professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University has developed a minimally invasive surgery method for reaching the base of the skull, ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬— Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the skull, is estimated to affect one out of every 2,000 babies. For the past several years, physicians have used two procedures to correct ...

What is the skull base? The skull base is the bone where the brain sits at the bottom of the skull. Many people use the analogy of a salad bowl to describe the area. The bowl has a hole at the center ...