Negotiating the Learning Curve in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: A Local ENT Perspective

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Published: Aug 1, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47210/bjohns.2015.v23i2.41
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Skull Base, Endoscopy, Learning Curve, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery

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Ranjan Raychowdhury
The Park Clinic, Kolkata
Sandip Chaterjee
The Park Clinic, Kolkata

Abstract

Introduction
Skull base surgery, although recognised as an interdisciplinary specialty involving both Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology in the West, has been the domain of the Neurosurgeon in West Bengal. Several superspecialty healthcare facilities in the state are now actively promoting endoscopic skull base surgery.


Structured training
The Pittsburgh group has published a systematic training programme for skull base surgery.


Paradigm shift
Following the work of several groups, most notably the Pittsburgh group in the USA, a paradigm shift from open to endoscopic anterior skull base surgery has occurred.


Learning curve
This paper discusses how the ENT surgeon may negotiate the learning curve in endoscopic skull base surgery in the context of the local resources available.

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Raychowdhury R, Chaterjee S. Negotiating the Learning Curve in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: A Local ENT Perspective. BJOHNS [Internet]. 2015Aug.1 [cited 2024Dec.22];23(2):39-42. Available from: https://bjohns.in/journal3/index.php/bjohns/article/view/41
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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2015): Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
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Author Biographies

Ranjan Raychowdhury, The Park Clinic, Kolkata

Consultant Otolaryngologist/ Skull Base Surgeon

Sandip Chaterjee, The Park Clinic, Kolkata

Consultant Neurosurgeon

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