Main description:

This book is designed to help readers to acquire a full understanding of the basic concepts of lateral skull base surgery and to familiarize themselves with the different procedures and the latest advances in surgical treatment. The opening chapters discuss general aspects of decision making, describe the relevant microanatomy, and outline the operating room setup. The approaches and procedures used in surgery for cerebellopontine angle, jugular foramen, petroclival, external auditory canal, and facial nerve tumors are then described and illustrated. The particular challenges posed by skull base surgery are identified and attention is drawn to innovative solutions. Advice is also provided on rehabilitation, and the book closes by considering relevant emerging medical treatments. Despite the advances in skull base surgery over recent decades, young surgeons remain fearful of the complex temporal bone and neurovascular anatomy and the difficulty of access. Neurotologists will find this book to be a source of reliable guidance and an invaluable aid to the achievement of optimal outcomes in daily practice.

Contents:

1. Introduction.- i. History of Lateral Skull Base Surgery.- ii. Treatment Strategies (Decision Making).- 2. Microanatomy of Lateral Skull Base.- i. Temporal Bone & Facial nerve Anatomy.- ii. Cerebellopontine Angle anatomy.- iii. Jugular foramen & Neck Anatomy.- 3. Operating Room Setup.- 4. CerebelloPontineAngle tumor Surgery.- i. Translabyrinthine Approach.- ii. Transotic Approach.- iii. Transcochlear Approach.- iv. Middle Cranial Fossa Approach.- v. Retrolabyrinthine Approach.- vi. Minimal Invasive Retrosigmoid Approach.- 5. Juguar Foramen Tumor Surgery.- i. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type A.- ii. General Principle of Embolization.- 6. Petroclival Tumor Surgery.- i. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type A.- ii. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type B.- 7. External Auditory Canal Tumor Surgery.- i. Lateral Temporal Bone Resection.- ii. Subtotal Temporal Bone Resection.- iii. Total Temporal Bone Resection.- 8. Facial Nerve Tumor & Trauma Surgery.- i. Principles of Facial Nerve Schwannoma Treatment.- ii. Stripping Surgery of Facial Nerve Schwannoma.- 9. Rehabilitation.- i. Rehabilitation of Facial Nerve Palsy.- End-to-End Anastomosis , Cable graft, XII-VII anastomosis.- Botox injection, Thread lifting, Static Sling.- ii. Rehabilitation of Hearing Loss.-Simultaneous Cochlear Implant.- BAHA/Sophono/Bone Bridge for Unilateral deaf.- Auditory Brainstem implant.- 10. New Trial for treatment.- Medical Treatment trial & Outcomes.