Middle fossa approach: microsurgical anatomy and surgical technique from the neurosurgical perspective

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 586-596

  Tanriover, Necmettin ^a,b   Sanus, Galip Zihni ^a   Ulu, Mustafa Onur ^a   Tanriverdi, Taner ^a   Akar, Ziya ^a   Rubino, Pablo A ^b   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Microsurgical anatomy; Middle fossa approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COCHLEA; DURA MATER; FACIAL NERVE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CADAVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; EAR, INNER; FACIAL NERVE; GENICULATE GANGLION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 64649094913     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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