Rehabilitation of swallowing following paresis of the caudal cranial nerves

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. I. Anatomy and neuroradiology of the skull base related to tumor surgery
5. Topographical anatomy of the skull base and adjacent tissues 3
6. Tumors of the skull base. The role of the diagnostic and therapeutic angiography 29
7. Echographical diagnosis of orbital tumors 39
8. II. Anterior skull base tumors
9. Orbital tumors involving the skull base 47
10. Esthesioneuroblastoma 53
11. Juvenile angiofibroma 59
12. Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses 63
13. Malignant maxillofacial tumors and the skull base - operative procedures and prosthetic management 71
14. Radiotherapy of the skull base 79
15. Present role of chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer 87
16. Transmaxillary and transoral approach to invasive tumors of the skull base 99
17. Transoral approaches for tumor operations on the skull base 107
18. Diagnosis - combined treatment of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma 113
19. Extension of nasopharyngeal tumors to the posterior region of the skull base 119
20. Sudden blindness by an esthesioneuroblastoma - case report 127
21. Bifrontal meningioma of the skull base 131
22. Surgical reconstruction of the Eustachian tube 135
23. III. Middle and posterior skull base tumors
24. Petroclival and medial tentorial meningiomas 141
25. Surgical concepts in malignant tumors of the lateral skull base 159
26. Intratemporal neurinomas of the facial nerve and epidermoids of the petrous bone 163
27. The intracavernous connective tissue cover of the internal carotid artery - anatomy and surgery 171
28. Rare lesions of the parasellar area 177
29. The fate of glomus tympanicum tumors after surgical and radiological treatment 189
30. The place of "salvage" petrosectomy 195
31. Transtemporal-infratemporal approach to the skull base 199
32. Skull base chordoma - neurosurgical problems 209
33. Transclival transcervical approach to the upper cervical spine and clivus 217
34. Interdisciplinary approach to benign tumors of the lateral skull base 227
35. Vascular problems of the carotid artery and reconstructive procedures 231
36. The diagnosis and operative strategy of large glomus tumors 237
37. Rehabilitation of swallowing following paresis of the caudal cranial nerves 245
38. List of contributors 249
39. Authors' index 253
40. Authors' index 255
41. Backmatter 257