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Expanded endonasal approaches to middle cranial fossa and posterior fossa tumors
- Source :
- Neurosurgery clinics of North America. 21(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Skull base lesions that involve the middle and posterior cerebral fossae have been historically managed through extensive transcranial approaches. The development of endoscopic endonasal techniques during the past decade has made possible a vast array of alternative routes to the ventral skull base, providing the ability to expose lesions in difficult-to-access regions of the cranial base in a less invasive manner. In this review, the authors detail the endoscopic surgical anatomy and the operative nuances of the expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches to tumors of the middle and posterior cranial fossae. These techniques offer excellent exposure of the targeted regions yielding optimal resections, while avoiding the morbidity associated with transcranial surgical approaches.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Endoscope
Less invasive
Infratentorial Neoplasms
Middle cranial fossa
Neurosurgical Procedure
Middle fossa
Skull Base Neoplasms
Neurosurgical Procedures
Posterior fossa
Skull base tumor
Surgical anatomy
Medicine
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Expanded endoscopic approach
Infratentorial Neoplasm
Surgical approach
Cranial Fossa, Middle
business.industry
General Medicine
Anatomy
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure
Skull Base Neoplasm
Posterior Fossa Tumors
Extended transphenoidal
Skull
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Endonasal
Surgery
Radiology
Neurology (clinical)
Nasal Cavity
business
Meckel cave
Human
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15581349
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neurosurgery clinics of North America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc757df32ae14c6213f33a1dced85157