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The Center
For Cranial Base Surgery
Comprehensive Surgical Capability
The Center for Cranial Base Surgery is one of few centers in the US, and the only center in the greater New York area, capable of removing skull base tumors using virtually all types of standard (open) and minimally invasive surgical techniques. The Center for Cranial Base Surgery at
Roosevelt Hospital, provides patients and their physicians with
a comprehensive resource for the removal of tumors, and the treatment
of defects and disorders located at the base of the brain, or near
facial structures. Nowhere in the human body are so many neurological
and vascular structures so densely concentrated. These intertwined
nerves, arteries and sensing organs enable us to see, hear, speak
and move.
A Multi-disciplinary Surgical Team
Our
multi-disciplinary surgical team combines state-of-the-art technologies
with the expertise of neurosurgery, head and neck surgery, neuro-otology,
neuro-anesthesiology and plastic surgery. We unite specialists
in radiation therapy, medical oncology, interventional radiology
and minimally invasive spine surgery. Other supporting disciplines
include neuro-radiology, physical rehabilitation and intensive
care. Specially trained nurses, and speech and swallowing therapists
provide vital assistance.
Our team approach allows safe access to, and
removal of tumors at the base of the brain, without neurological
impairment. Our specialists restore patients to their pre-surgical
appearance and function. It is this comprehensive team approach that differentiates The Center for Cranial Base Surgery from the vast majority of other facilities where cranial base surgery is performed.
The Center’s Co-directors, Chandranath
Sen, MD, and Peter
Costantino, MD are both fellowship trained specifically in cranial base surgery, the only such team in the US. This dual fellowship training in cranial base surgery has allowed Drs. Costantino and Sen to select and apply either open, or minimally invasive endoscopic surgical techniques, for the optimal treatment of patients.
CT - Guided Endoscopic Resection for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Cancer |
The Center's presentation last week at the North American Skull Base Meeting in Vancouver, of our three year data on “CT-Guided Endoscopic Resection for Recurrent Naso- pharyngeal Cancer", was very well received. We are the first center outside of China to do this procedure and present this type of data. Naso-pharyngeal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Asians, and very difficult, if it comes back after radiation therapy. Standard “open” surgery requires that large portions of the cheek and/or palate be permanently removed, resulting in substantial long-term alteration in speech and swallowing and/or appearance. Our approach largely avoids all of that... more>>
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