Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa

Part I. Introduction

1. Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa
Jaafar Basma, Jeffrey Sorenson

Part II. Approaches

2. Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and Its Variants
Christian Bowers, Olaide O. Ajayi, Kevin A. Reinard, Daniel R. Klinger, Johnny B. Delashaw, Shane Tubbs, Zachary Litvack

3. Middle Fossa and Translabyrinthine Approaches
Justin C. Sowder, Breanne L. Schiffer, Richard K. Gurgel, Clough Shelton

4. Posterior and Combined Petrosal Approaches
David Aum, Omar Arnaout, Marcio S. Rassi, Walid Essayed, Ossama Al-Mefty

5. Far Lateral Approach and Its Variants
Karolyn Au, Angela M. Richardson, Jacques Morcos

6. Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Posterior Fossa Tumors
André Beer-Furlan, Alexandre B. Todeschini, Ricardo L. Carrau, Daniel M. Prevedello

Part III. Specific Diseases

7. Petroclival Meningiomas
Amol Raheja, William T. Couldwell

8. Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle
Stephen T. Magill, Philip V. Theodosopoulos, Aaron D. Tward, Steven W. Cheung, Michael W. McDermott

9. Tentorial Meningiomas
Hiroki Morisako, Takeo Goto, Kenji Ohata

10. Foramen Magnum Meningiomas
Angela M. Richardson, Karolyn Au, Jacques Morcos

11. Vestibular Schwannomas
Gmaan Alzhrani, Clough Shelton, William T. Couldwell

12. Epidermoid Cyst
Gmaan Alzhrani, William T. Couldwell

13. Metastasis to the Posterior Fossa
Bradley D. Weaver, Randy L. Jensen

14. Microsurgical Management of Posterior Fossa Vascular Lesions
M. Yashar S. Kalani, Robert F. Spetzler

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