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Imaging has facilitated aggressive skull base surgery by allowing precise preoperative delineation of the extent of lesions. Continued advances providing even better resolution on imaging studies may in turn facilitate the development of new surgical approaches to the skull base.
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Weissman, J.L., Curtin, H.D. Advances in imaging. J Neuro-Oncol 20, 193–211 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053040
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