Skull Base Surgery in Farmington Hills, MI
At Michigan Ear Institute we are committed to providing cutting-edge techniques and a patient-centered approach that ensures that individuals facing conditions related to the skull base receive the most advanced and compassionate care available. Call our clinic at (248) 865-4444 to schedule an appointment.
What Is a Skull Base?
Five bones at the bottom of the skull also make up the eye socket, part of the nose’s roof, some of the sinuses, and the bones around the inner ear. This area, called the skull base, is quite complex and crowded. It has openings that allow the spinal cord, many blood vessels, and nerves to pass through.
What Is Skull Base Surgery?
Skull base surgery is a specialized type of operation that deals with problems at the bottom of your skull. This includes parts under your brain and important nerves and vessels that help with seeing, smelling, and hearing. The tricky part about skull base surgery is getting to these spots without having to cut through the skull and move the brain. The goal is to reach and treat these challenging areas while causing as little harm to the healthy brain as possible.
What Conditions Are Treated With Skull Base Surgery?
Tumors arising at the base of the skull including glomus jugulare tumors, meningiomas and various neuromas of the cranial nerves are now being successfully treated by a combined neurosurgical and neurotologic approach. With the use of sophisticated monitoring techniques during surgery, the ability to spare nerves associated with these tumors has been markedly increased. Pioneering work using endoscopic techniques have assisted in removal of tumors with less patient morbidity.
Schedule a Consultation At Michigan Ear Institute
At Michigan Ear Institute we are committed to providing cutting-edge techniques and a patient-centered approach that ensures that individuals facing conditions related to the skull base receive the most advanced and compassionate care available. Call our clinic at (248) 865-4444 to schedule an appointment.