What is UPMCs experience in Skull Base Surgery?
UPMC has been a leader in skull base surgery for more than 20 years. Since 1997, the current surgical team has performed more than 1200 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) skull base surgeries in adults and children for a variety of benign and malignant (cancerous) conditions. The same team performs traditional skull base surgery and open neurovascular procedures when necessary. In collaboration with colleagues at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, our surgeons have performed endonasal surgery on more than 100 pediatric patients. UPMC is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the leading centers for skull base surgery, and receives consultations and patient referrals from around the world. Surgeons from other institutions throughout the world come to Pittsburgh to learn about the latest minimally invasive brain surgery techniques.
