Neurosurgery: Recent Advances and New Perspectives in Skull Base Approaches
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 315
Special Issue Editors
Interests: skull base; chordomas; neuroanatomy; neuro-oncology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It would not be incorrect to say that neurosurgery is now facing its greatest era of expansion, for two reasons: the first is that we believe more and more in future generations, and the second is that neurosurgery is intimately connected to innovation and improvement.
The management of skull base lesions in our patients requires a deep understanding of anatomy and remarkable interdisciplinarity at the interface with advanced technologies. Neuro-navigation, now firmly established in our clinical practice, is increasingly combined with augmented reality and machine learning. Artificial intelligence enhances our skills before, during, and after surgery. The use of the endoscope and, more recently, the introduction of the 3D exoscope is becoming increasingly valuable in clinical practice, particularly when applied to the latest minimally invasive approaches, such as the transorbital approach.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather the best contributions in the field of new technologies applied to neurosurgery, creating a bridge between well-established aspects like surgical neuroanatomy and the essential study of cadavers, which is increasingly enhanced and supplemented by augmented reality. It is also the aim of this Special Issue to address how all these aspects, including the in-depth study of surgical indications for such complex lesions within the so-called onco-functional balance, which minimizes complications, are applied to complex skull base approaches. These range from standard to more advanced techniques, including microsurgery, endoscopy, and even exoscopy.
Topics will include the following:
Skull base surgery;
Brain tumors;
Augmented reality;
Exoscope;
New technologies in neurosurgery.
Prof. Dr. Sèbastien Froelich
Guest Editor
Dr. Matteo De Simone
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- skull base
- neuroanatomy
- tumors
- augmented reality
- ETOA
- EEA
- exoscopy
- endoscopy
- multi-portal approaches
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