✓ The combined supra- and infratentorial approach has been subdivided into three variations:
the retrolabyrinthine technique (petrous bone resection with preservation of hearing); the …

OBJECTIVE: We examined the surgical approaches used at a single institution to treat
petroclival meningioma and evaluated changes in method utilization over time. METHODS: …

✓ A far lateral approach to the ventral brain stem, lower clivus, and anterior foramen
magnum is described. Methods for further exposure of the superior petroclival region by …

OBJECTIVE: Cranial base approaches that involve radical petrosectomy are associated
with significant rates of morbidity. We have sought alternative approaches to the midbasilar …

The presence of perilymph fistula has been difficult to determine because of the lack of
efficient and reliable testing methods. The condition is suspected on the basis of history alone …

Skull base tumors involving the clivus, petrous bone, and adjacent areas can be formidable
lesions to successfully remove without causing significant neurologic deficits. At our …

Sixty-one lid-loading procedures, performed by the author, were evaluated prospectively,
Simple, gold weight implantation, combined with lower lid retractor recession, placement of …

Posterior fossa arachnoid cysts arc more common than previously reported. While they may
present with symptoms of hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus, often they are associated with …

Petrosectomy is the essential component of many of the important skull base approaches.
The transpetrosal approaches enable safe surgical treatment of many petroclival lesions. The …

This article presents a series of 30 patients who underwent a combination of the subtemporal
and posterior fossa approaches for exposure of lesions in the clivus or medial petrous …