WF House, C Shelton - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
The middle fossa approach is useful for the removal of small acoustic tumors when hearing preservation is possible. This approach provides complete exposure of the contents of the …
RA Friedman, DE Brackmann - Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, 2001 - Elsevier
For decades, gaining access to the cerebellopontine angle and the prepontine cisterns has presented a formidable challenge. Several conventional neurosurgical approaches to this …
Background The anterior transpetrosal approach (ATPA) is applied to petroclival and brainstem lesions. Although neurosurgeons need to minimize the risk of neurologic …
The subtemporal approach is applied to the middle cranial fossa and infratemporal fossa in addition to the tentorial incisura, petroclivus, and brain stem lesions. To minimize …