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. 2022 Nov 12;83(6):561-578.
doi: 10.1055/a-1934-9191. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Skull Base Registries: A Roadmap

Kara P Parikh  1 , Mustafa Motiwala  1 , Furlan A Beer  2 , L Madison Michael  1 , Sanjeet V Rangarajan  3 , Garret W Choby  4 , Varun R Kshettry  5 , Sara Saleh  6 , Debraj Mukherjee  7 , Claudia Kirsch  8   9   10 , Erin McKean  6   11 , Jeffrey M Sorenson  12
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Skull Base Registries: A Roadmap

Kara P Parikh et al. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. .

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  • Erratum: Skull Base Registries: A Roadmap.
    Parikh KP, Motiwala M, Beer-Furlan A, Michael LM, Rangarajan SV, Choby GW, Kshettry VR, Saleh S, Mukherjee D, Kirsch C, McKean E, Sorenson JM. Parikh KP, et al. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2023 Jan 13;83(6):e1. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1760842. eCollection 2022 Dec. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2023. PMID: 36644671 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Hospitals, payors, and patients increasingly expect us to report our outcomes in more detail and to justify our treatment decisions and costs. Although there are many stakeholders in surgical outcomes, physicians must take the lead role in defining how outcomes are assessed. Skull base lesions interact with surrounding anatomy to produce a complex spectrum of presentations and surgical challenges, requiring a wide variety of surgical approaches. Moreover, many skull base lesions are relatively rare. These factors and others often preclude the use of prospective randomized clinical trials, thus necessitating alternate methods of scientific inquiry. In this paper, we propose a roadmap for implementing a skull base registry, along with expected benefits and challenges.

Keywords: database; multicenter study; patient reported outcomes; quality of life; registry; skull base.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest None declared.

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The number of skull base surgery publications each year, with accelerated growth in th past two decades.
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Number of publications each year for randomized clinical trials related to skull base surgery.
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Number of publications each year for meta-analyses and systemic reviews related to skull base surgery.
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