1.
Name all those holes in the base of the skull and tell us what goes through each.
2.
Review the boundaries of anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa.
3.
List the contents of the superior and inferior orbital fissures.
4.
What is superior orbital fissure syndrome?
5.
Review the relationship of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal vessels to the optic canal.
6.
Discuss the pre-operative evaluation of skull base tumors with suspected ICA involvement.
7.
Pneumocephalus-etiology and management of this post-op complication.
8.
Temporalis flap and pericranial flap-review the blood supply and surgical techniques.
9.
Dr. (your skull base surgeon) has asked you to start his case by raising the bicoronal flap. Help us understand the temporal fascia and how you will avoid the frontal branch of the facial nerve.
10.
After endoscopic resection of an anterior skull base tumor, you are left with a large dural defect. What are your reconstructive option
Reference(s):
Harvey, R. J., Parmar, P., Sacks, R., & Zanation, A. M. (2012). Endoscopic skull base reconstruction of large dural defects: a systematic review of published evidence. The Laryngoscope, 122(2), 452–459.