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Lateral approaches to the median skull base through the petrous bone: the system of the modified transcochlear approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mario Sanna ,
Antonio Mazzoni ,
Essam A. Saleh ,
Abdel K. Taibah  and
Alessandra Russo
Mario Sanna*
Affiliation:
Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy
Antonio Mazzoni
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Ospedale Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
Essam A. Saleh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. (Dr Saleh is at present Clinical Research Fellow at the Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy.)
Abdel K. Taibah
Affiliation:
Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy
Alessandra Russo
Affiliation:
Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy
*
Dr Mario Sanna, Gruppo Otologico, Via Emmanueli, 42, 29100 Piacenza, Italy. Fax: 39-523-453708
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Abstract

Twenty-three patients with intradural lesions of the petroclival region and prepontine cistern were managed in our centres by the modified transcochlear approach. Total tumour removal was accomplished in 17 patients, while a second stage was planned for the remaining six patients. Two cases died in the immediate postoperative period. All the remaining cases showed a good outcome and returned to work. The basic approach type A is further classified according to its anterior, superior and inferior extension into types B, C and D respectively. The surgical procedure, classification, illustrative case reports and patients' summaries are presented.

Keywords

Skull base surgeryPetrous bone
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 12 , December 1994 , pp. 1036 - 1044
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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This work has been supplied by a grant from the Associazione Italiana Neurotologica (A.I.N.OT).

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