Quality of life and emotional burden after transnasal and transcranial anterior skull base surgery.
Arthur WagnerYoussef ShibanVerena KammermeierAnn-Kathrin JoergerNicole LangeFlorian RingelBernhard MeyerEhab ShibanPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2019)
Both transnasal and transcranial approaches yield favorable postoperative QOL and psychopathological outcomes. The postoperative increase in QOL is partly influenced by preoperative expression of mental distress, which tends to resolve postoperatively.