Tag Kareem O. Tawfik

Extended Middle Cranial Fossa Approach

Introduction Gaining access to the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and prepontine cistern presents a formidable challenge. Approaches designed to expose infraclinoid basilar tip aneurysms, petroclival meningiomas, chondromas, chondrosarcomas, and chordomas involving the petrous apex and clivus must preserve vital neighboring neurovascular…