Surgery of the Posterior Cranial Fossa: Historical Aspects
1 Surgery of the Posterior Cranial Fossa: Historical Aspects Lissa C. Baird and Anil Nanda The earliest known surgeries performed on the cranium date as far back as prehistoric times….
Neuroimaging of the Posterior Fossa
3 Neuroimaging of the Posterior Fossa Thomas J. Vogl and Marc Harth Neuroimaging of the posterior fossa is a diagnostic challenge for neuroradiology, radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery.1–5 Due to the…
Temporal Bone Surgery
9 Temporal Bone Surgery James Andrew Sipp and Douglas E. Mattox The temporal bone is an area of convergence between Neurosurgery and otolaryngology. Disease processes that begin in the mastoid…
Posterior Fossa Infections
8 Posterior Fossa Infections Vijaysaradhi Mudumba, Challa Sundaram, and Prasad Vannemreddy Infections in the posterior fossa are ominous not only due to its small dimensions, but also due to the…
Endovascular Treatment of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms
21 Endovascular Treatment of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms Ramachandra P. Tummala, Junichi Yamamoto, Eric Sauvageau, and L. Nelson Hopkins Aneurysms of the posterior circulation account for roughly 20% of all intracranial…
Posterior Interhemispheric Approach to Pineal Region and Brainstem
22 Posterior Interhemispheric Approach to Pineal Region and Brainstem Prasad Vannemreddy, Haim Ezer, and Anil Nanda In the United States, pineal-region tumors constitute approximately 1 to 3% of the intracranial…
Basic Concepts in Posterior Fossa Surgery
11 Basic Concepts in Posterior Fossa Surgery Lissa C. Baird, Vijayakumar Javalkar, and Anil Nanda The neural structures found within the posterior fossa are responsible for some of the most…
Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations and Cavernous Angiomas
23 Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations and Cavernous Angiomas Ramachandra P. Tummala, Mustafa K. Başkaya, and Roberto C. Heros ♦ General Surgical Strategies The planning of a surgical approach in the…
The Retromastoid Approach: Techniques and Results
14 The Retromastoid Approach: Techniques and Results Madjid Samii, Sam Safavi-Abbasi, and Amir Samii Since its development at the turn of the 20th century, the retromastoid-retrosigmoid suboccipital approach remains, after…
Middle Fossa Craniotomy
16 Middle Fossa Craniotomy Jose N. Fayad and Derald E. Brackmann William House refined the middle fossa approach in 1961.1 Initially, he used this approach to decompress the internal auditory…
