A rapid and safe middle fossa approach to the geniculate ganglion and labyrinthine segment of the facial nerve

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 320-326

  Bento, Ricardo Ferreira ^a   De Brito, Rubens Vuono ^a   Sanchez, Tanit Ganz ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036094556     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130208100509     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Surgical exposure of the internal auditory canal and its contents through the middle cranial fossa
2. Total decompression of the facial nerve
3. Identification of internal acoustic canal in the middle cranial fossa approach: A safe technique
4. Indications and surgical techniques for lesions of the facial nerve due to temporal bone fractures
5. The facial nerve: How to find it
6. Transatical approach. A technique variation for total decompression of the facial nerve
7. Paralisia facial de origem traumatica
8. Distance from the labyrinthine portion of the facial nerve to the basal turn of the cochlea. Temporal bone histopathologic study
9. Extradural temporal lobe retraction in the middle fossa approach to the internal auditory canal: Biochemical analysis
10. Transtemporal surgery of the internal auditory canal. Report of 92 cases, technique, indications and results
11. Total facial nerve decompression: Technique to avoid complications
12. Middle fossa approach to the internal auditory canal
13. Middle fossa vestibular neurectomy: A report of 373 cases
14. The pyramid in operative position
15. An external reference to identify the internal auditory canal in middle fossa surgery
16. The middle cranial fossa approach to the internal auditory canal - An anatomical study stressing critical distances between surgical landmarks