10.1055/b-0039-169159 5 Molecular Biology of Sporadic and NF2-Associated Vestibular SchwannomaAaron K. Remenschneider, Ruwan Kiringoda and D. Bradley Welling 5.1 Introduction The field of molecular research in vestibular schwannomas (VSs) began…
10.1055/b-0039-169158 4 Histopathology of Vestibular SchwannomaAditya Raghunathan and Caterina Giannini 4.1 Introduction The eighth cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve), which transmits auditory and vestibular input from the inner ear to the…
10.1055/b-0039-169156 2 Historical Development of Radiation Modalities for Vestibular SchwannomaL. Dade Lunsford, Ajay Niranjan, Georg Norén and Dan Leksell “The time to treat is when the tumor is no bigger…
10.1055/b-0039-169155 1 History of Vestibular Schwannoma SurgeryRichard T. Ramsden 1.1 Introduction When we consider the current state of the art in many areas of surgery, it is instructive and humbling…
10.1055/b-0039-172586 24 Lateral Parapharyngeal ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber, Davide Mattavelli As illustrated in the previous chapter, the transnasal approach to the parapharyngeal space can be divided…
10.1055/b-0039-172581 19 Medial Petrous Apex ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ravanelli, Andrea Bolzoni Villaret, Francesco Doglietto The petrous apex, a complex bony area located between the middle and posterior cranial fossa, is…
10.1055/b-0039-172585 23 Medial Parapharyngeal ApproachAlberto Schreiber, Marco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Vittorio Rampinelli, Davide Lancini The parapharyngeal space is a suprahyoid infracranial fascial space of the neck, whose shape is typically…
10.1055/b-0039-172583 21 The Suprapetrous (Meckel’s Cave) ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ravanelli, Marco Ferrari, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber Meckel’s cave is a cisternal space bounded by the dura and the periosteum that…
10.1055/b-0039-172580 18 Lateral Transcavernous ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Francesco Belotti, Alberto Schreiber, Roberto Maroldi The lateral compartment of the cavernous sinus is located between the cavernous portion of the internal…
10.1055/b-0039-172584 22 Transcondylar/Transjugular Tuberculum (“Far-Medial”) ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Francesco Belotti, Francesco Doglietto The transcondylar/transjugular tuberculum approach is the extreme lateral extension of the lower transclival approach. 1 It was…
