The Middle Cranial Fossa Approach to Vestibular Schwannomas
3 The Middle Cranial Fossa Approach to Vestibular Schwannomas Rick A. Friedman and Jose N. Fayad For decades, gaining access to the cerebellopontine angle and the prepontine cisterns…
Auditory Brainstem Implants
16 Auditory Brainstem Implants Jose N. Fayad, William M. Luxford, Derald E. Brackmann, and William E. Hitselberger Overview In 1979, William F. House and William E. Hitselberger implanted…
Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy
1 Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy Gregory P. Lekovic, L. Fernando Gonzalez,Felipe Santos, and Marc S. Schwartz The guiding principle of skull base surgery is the avoidance of brain retraction by…
The Translabyrinthine Approach to the Skull Base
6 The Translabyrinthine Approach to the Skull Base William H. Slattery The translabyrinthine approach is the most direct approach to the cerebellopontine angle. It was first used by…
The Fine Points of Posterior Fossa Surgery
17 The Fine Points of Posterior Fossa Surgery William E. Hitselberger, Marc S. Schwartz, and Rick A. Friedman This final chapter enumerates the surgical techniques that we have…
The Fisch Infratemporal Fossa Approach: Types B and C
11 The Fisch Infratemporal Fossa Approach: Types B and C Derald E. Brackmann and Robert D. Cullen The infratemporal fossa is a well-guarded area of the skull base….
The Combined Petrosal Approach to the Petroclival Region
8 The Combined Petrosal Approach to the Petroclival Region Rick A. Friedman, Marc S. Schwartz, and Eric P. Wilkinson The petroclival region represents one of the most difficult…
The Infracochlear/Infralabyrinthine Approach to the Petrous Apex
4 The Infracochlear/Infralabyrinthine Approach to the Petrous Apex Derald E. Brackmann and J. Walter Kutz, Jr. Before the antibiotic era, infections were the most common lesions of the…
The Fisch Infratemporal Fossa Approach: Type A
10 The Fisch Infratemporal Fossa Approach: Type A William H. Slattery and J. Walter Kutz, Jr. The infratemporal fossa type A approach allows safe access to the infralabyrinthine…
The Transcochlear Approach to Cerebellopontine Angle and Clivus Lesions
7 The Transcochlear Approach to Cerebellopontine Angle and Clivus Lesions Antonio De la Cruz, Karen Borne Teufert, and Jose N. Fayad The transcochlear approach is the most direct…
