The endoscopic endonasal approach or microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas-It is all about right indication rather than superiority

David Monterroso Cohen¹, Hamid Borghei-Razavi^{1

2

3}, Varun R Kshettry^{1

2}, Pablo F Recinos^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Rose Ella Burkhart Brain Tumor and Neuro-oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Pauline Braathen Neurological Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
⁴ Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. recinop@ccf.org.
⁵ Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Rose Ella Burkhart Brain Tumor and Neuro-oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. recinop@ccf.org.

Comment

David Monterroso Cohen et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;162(1):77-78.

doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04080-3. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

David Monterroso Cohen¹, Hamid Borghei-Razavi^{1

2

3}, Varun R Kshettry^{1

2}, Pablo F Recinos^{4

5}

¹ Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Rose Ella Burkhart Brain Tumor and Neuro-oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Pauline Braathen Neurological Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
⁴ Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. recinop@ccf.org.
⁵ Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Rose Ella Burkhart Brain Tumor and Neuro-oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. recinop@ccf.org.

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The endoscopic endonasal approach or microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas-it is all about right indication rather than superiority.
Muskens IS, Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH, Broekman MLD. Muskens IS, et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Jan;162(1):75-76. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04085-y. Epub 2019 Nov 19. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020. PMID: 31745623 No abstract available.

The endoscopic endonasal approach is not superior to the microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas-a meta-analysis.
Muskens IS, Briceno V, Ouwehand TL, Castlen JP, Gormley WB, Aglio LS, Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH, van Furth WR, Smith TR, Mekary RA, Broekman MLD. Muskens IS, et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jan;160(1):59-75. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3390-y. Epub 2017 Nov 10. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018. PMID: 29127655 Free PMC article.