Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Couldwell, William T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurosurgery.; Otolaryngologic surgery.; Head and Neck Surgery.

This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of surgical approaches to lesions of the posterior fossa. It will serve as a resource for neurosurgeons and otologists who treat patients with tumors and vascular diseases of the posterior fossa. It provides a concise review of surgical st...

Table of Contents:

• Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa
• Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and its Variants
• Middle Fossa and Translabyrinthine Approaches
• Posterior and Combined Petrosal Approaches
• Far Lateral Approach and its Variants
• Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Posterior Fossa Tumors
• Petroclival Meningiomas
• Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle
• Tentorial Meningiomas
• Foramen Magnum Meningiomas
• Surgical Approaches for the Removal of Vestibular Schwannomas
• Epidermoid Cyst
• Metastasis to the Posterior Fossa
• Microsurgical Management of Posterior Fossa Vascular Lesions.