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September 05-06, 2019 | London, UK
7th International Conference on
2nd International Conference on
Otolaryngology: ENT Surgery
Dental Health and Oral Hygiene
Joint Event
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Otolaryngology Online Journal | ISSN: 2250-0359 | Volume 9
Bones don’t lie - Osteology of the anterior skull base
Renuka Bradoo
LTM Medical College and General Hospital, India
The essence of a good surgeon is to have an in depth
understanding of the operative field. Very often, we
understand the anatomy of a region superficially but not
what lies beneath the obvious. The purpose of this lecture is
to hone the anatomical skills of the skull base surgeon and to
provide essential surgical tips and tricks.
Bones of the skull base form a complex three-dimensional
jigsawwithinwhich run vital structures such as the optic nerve
and the carotid artery. In order to protect these structures
duringendoscopicsurgeryitisnecessarytomasterthecomplex
inter – relationships of the bones forming the skull base.
This lecture de-constructs the skull base into its component
bones. Each bone is studied separately and the jigsaw is then
put together to get a comprehensive understanding of the
whole. The course of each important structure is studied as it
traverses the various foramina and fissures of the skull base.
The lecture also explores the critical surgical steps required to
safely excise skull base lesions and prevent their recurrence.
Although advanced ENT navigation systems are available to
guide the surgeon intraoperatively, the best and the most
accurateuseofthesesystemscanbemadeonlybythesurgeon
who has all three dimensions of the skull mapped in his mind.
Speaker Biography
Renuka Bradoo is Professor & Head of Department of Otorhinolaryngology
at LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India. She is an
internationally acknowledged expert in the field of endoscopic sinus and
skull base surgery with her special interest and focus of research being
Angiofibroma. She was first surgeon in India and amongst the first in world
toundertakeendoscopicexcisionofangiofibroma.Shehasover70national
and international publications. Her published work on ‘Transcutaneous
Orbital Endoscopy’ for lesions lateral to the optic nerve is amongst the
first few such reports in world literature. She is the author of ‘Anatomical
Principles of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – A Step by Step Approach’. She has
conducted an annual course in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at her institution
for last 14 years during which she has trained over 1100 ENT surgeon from
India and abroad.
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Renuka Bradoo, Otolaryngology online, Volume 9
ISSN: 2250-0359