Indiana University Medical Center For Skull Base Surgery
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Enhancement of life and advancement of medicine are of prime importance
at the Center for Skull Base Surgery. Team Members are Currently:
- One of only few centers across the country evaluating the effectiveness
of auditory brain stem implants for patients with neuorfibromatosis
Type II (NF2).
- Evaluating the efficacy of cochlear implants.
- Evaluating cerebral blood flow for skull base tumors and vascular lesions.
- Investigating new approaches to treat skull base tumors.
- Studying the genetics of NF2 patients.
The education of future and current medical practitioners in the principles
of diagnosis and treatment of skull base lesions is an integral part of
the center's function. Team members participate regularly as instructors
at the University and at National workshops on Skull Base Surgery.
Temporal bone and microsurgery laboratories using cadaveric dissection contribute
to on-going advances in understanding skull base anatomy and provide a sound
foundation to improve operative techniques. Active basic science studies
and outcome based clinical studies to evaluate the overall effectiveness
of complex surgical procedures are underway.