26 Anterolateral Skull Base: Anatomy, Surgical Technique, and Nuances
Book
Editors: Borba, Luis A. B.; de Oliveira, Jean G.
Title: Microsurgical and Endoscopic Approaches to the Skull Base
Subtitle: Anatomy, Tactics, and Techniques
Print ISBN: 9781626239661; Online ISBN: 9781684203772; Book DOI: 10.1055/b000000340
1. Edition © 2021. Thieme. All rights reserved.
Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York
Subjects: Neurosurgery;Otorhinolaryngology, Phoniatrics, Audiology
Thieme Clinical Collections (English Language)
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors have described in detail the surgical technique of anterolateral approaches to the skull base, with special focus to the ICA, cranial nerves and their anatomical nuances.
Key words
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