Skull Base Registries: A Roadmap.

Authors

• Kara P Parikh
• Mustafa Motiwala
• Furlan A Beer
• L Madison Michael
• Sanjeet V Rangarajan
• Garret W Choby
• Varun R Kshettry
• Sara Saleh
• Debraj Mukherjee
• Claudia Kirsch
• Erin McKean
• Jeffrey M Sorenson

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2022

Abstract

Hospitals, payors, and patients increasingly expect us to report our outcomes in more detail and to justify our treatment decisions and costs. Although there are many stakeholders in surgical outcomes, physicians must take the lead role in defining how outcomes are assessed. Skull base lesions interact with surrounding anatomy to produce a complex spectrum of presentations and surgical challenges, requiring a wide variety of surgical approaches. Moreover, many skull base lesions are relatively rare. These factors and others often preclude the use of prospective randomized clinical trials, thus necessitating alternate methods of scientific inquiry. In this paper, we propose a roadmap for implementing a skull base registry, along with expected benefits and challenges.

Volume

83

Issue

6

First Page

561

Last Page

578

ISSN

2193-6331

Published In/Presented At

Parikh, K. P., Motiwala, M., Beer, F. A., Michael, L. M., Rangarajan, S. V., Choby, G. W., Kshettry, V. R., Saleh, S., Mukherjee, D., Kirsch, C., McKean, E., & Sorenson, J. M. (2022). Skull Base Registries: A Roadmap. Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base, 83(6), 561–578. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1934-9191

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

36393883

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article