Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery

Introduction.- Retrosigmoid approach.- Translabyrinthine approach.- Middle cranial fossa approach.- Combined approaches.

Dr. Mustafa K. Baskaya is the director of Skull Base Surgery Program at University of Wisconsin Hospital and a professor at the UW-School of Medicine & Public Health.

Dr. Baskaya completed his neurosurgical trainings at both the Ankara University School of Medicine (1994), Turkey and University of Miami Medical School (2005), USA. He also completed fellowships in neurovascular and skull base surgeries at the Nagoya University, Japan and Louisiana State University. He has a strong and diverse background in both research and clinical care. He specializes in skull base and cerebrovascular surgery. His neuroanatomical research interests include microsurgical and microvascular techniques and finding the safest pathways for vascular lesions (brain aneurysm and AVMs) and brain tumors. Additionally, he maintains a laboratory that focuses on the microsurgical techniques to enhance residents and neurosurgery fellows surgical skills. He has published more than 150 manuscripts and serves as editorial board member in prominent neurosurgical journals.

Currently he is the executive committee member of Congress of Neurological Surgeons, member of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Cerebrovascular Surgery Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Planning Committee, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Skull Base Committee. He has held various positions in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Florida, and is now Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, and Director, Skull Base Surgery Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Pyle is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American Board of Neurotology.  He specializes in otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery.  Specialty areas include: disorders of the ear, facial nerve and balance disorders, restoration of hearing and cochlear implantation, and skull base tumor surgery.  Dr.