“…Mortality rates for surgical series that have included similar tumors to our series are generally 2.1% to 8.0%, 1,3,15,17,19 whereas complication rates have been reported to be 33% to 64%. 3,5,15,17,23 Previous therapies, particularly combinations of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, are known risk factors for increased complications after anterolateral skull base surgery. 15,16 Series that have examined mostly anterior craniofacial procedures report CSF leaks and infections as being the most common surgical complications, whereas series reporting mainly lateral skull base surgeries report relatively more cerebrovascular and cranial nerve complications.…”