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, ...

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 ...

What Is the Skull Made Of? The skull, also known as the cranium, is the group of bones that forms the head. While many people think of the skull as a single structure, it’s actually made up of 22 ...