Mailath G, Rasse M, Hollmann K, Schuster H
Clinik of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Vienna.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989 Oct;27(5):400-5. doi: 10.1016/0266-4356(89)90080-6.
A review of patient data of maxillofacial tumours invading the base of the skull shows a relatively high fatality rate as a result of surgical intervention but also an unexpectedly high life expectancy. Surgical intervention seems to be the right choice whenever clinical examination suggest tumour removal is possible even if a tumour cannot be extirpated in one operation and a further operation from a second access is needed.
