The Skull Base Unit is a clinical and academic unit within the department of neurosurgery at the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. The surgeons use microsurgical techniques to address pathology at the interface of the base of skull, cranial nerves and brainstem.
A large part of this work is tumours such as meningiomas, schwannomas, chondrosarcomas and epidermoids. We also treat non-neoplastic diseases such as cholesteatoma, cerebrospinal fluid leaks and trigeminal neuralgia. We have close links with Moorfields eye hospital and work in collaboration with their surgeons in the treatment of tumours affecting the orbit and optic nerves. Our research programme is very active with projects in both laboratory and clinical research. We provide training programmes to suit surgeons from first day registrar to subspecialty consultant level.
Whilst we welcome direct referrals most cases will be discussed in our weekly MDT and are allocated to the most suitable surgeon in that forum, so direct referral to the MDT (uclh.referrals.skullbase.mdtmco-ordinator@nhs.net) is encouraged as the most efficient pathway.
Emergency referrals are best directed to the on-call neurosurgeon (07960 664901) or made via the online referral portal referapatient.
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