Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa

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Contents

Part I Introduction

1 Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa.................. 3
Jaafar Basma and Jeffrey Sorenson

Part II Approaches

2 Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and Its Variants................ 27
Christian Bowers, Olaide O. Ajayi, Kevin A. Reinard,
Daniel R. Klinger, Johnny B. Delashaw, Shane Tubbs,
and Zachary Litvack

3 Middle Fossa and Translabyrinthine Approaches........... 37
Justin C. Sowder, Breanne L. Schiffer, Richard K. Gurgel,
and Clough Shelton

4 Posterior and Combined Petrosal Approaches.............. 55
David Aum, Omar Arnaout, Marcio S. Rassi, Walid Ibn
Essayed, and Ossama Al-Mefty

5 Far Lateral Approach and Its Variants.................... 65
Karolyn Au, Angela M. Richardson, and Jacques Morcos

6 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Posterior
Fossa Tumors......................................... 75
André Beer-Furlan, Alexandre B. Todeschini,
Ricardo L. Carrau, and Daniel M. Prevedello

Part III Specific Diseases

7 Petroclival Meningiomas............................... 89
Amol Raheja and William T. Couldwell

8 Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle............... 103
Stephen T. Magill, Philip V. Theodosopoulos,
Aaron D. Tward, Steven W. Cheung,
and Michael W. McDermott