ArticleNeurologia medico-chirurgica2017
Surgical Anatomy for the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Ventrolateral Skull Base.
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- Access to Meckel's cave for biopsies of indeterminate lesions: a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
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- Expanding horizons: the feasibility and challenges of tubular retraction in endoscopic transorbital skull base approaches.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Real-time intraoperative ultrasound imaging of the posterior pituitary gland during endoscopic endonasal approach.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- A computed tomography (CT)-based morphometric study of various skull base parameters and their anatomical relationships relevant to endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Anatomy of the Skull Base.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2024Review
- Quantitative Anatomical Comparison of Surgical Approaches to Meckel's Cave.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Anatomical Step-by-Step Dissection of Complex Skull Base Approaches for Trainees: Surgical Anatomy of the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Sellar and Parasellar Regions.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2023Article
- Submucosal Inferior Turbinectomy to Widen the Surgical Corridor for Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2020Article
- Anatomy based corridors to the infratemporal fossa: Implications for endoscopic approaches.Head & neck · 2020Article
- Expanded endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid transmaxillary approach for a giant trigeminal schwannoma.Neurosurgical focus: Video · 2020Article
- The pterygopalatine fossa: morphometric CT study with clinical implications.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
- A Review of Common Endoscopic Intracranial Approaches.Asian journal of neurosurgeryReview
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Abstract
The authors describe the surgical anatomy for the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to the ventrolateral skull base. The ventrolateral skull base can be divided into two segments: the upper lateral and lower lateral skull base. The upper lateral skull base includes the cavernous sinus and the orbit, while the lower lateral skull base includes the petrous apex, Meckel's cave, parapharyngeal space, infratemporal fossa, etc. To gain access to the upper lateral skull base, a simple opening of the ethmoid sinus provides sufficient exposure of this area. To reach the lower lateral skull base, a transpterygoid approach, following ethmoidectomy, is a key procedure providing wide exposure of this area. Understanding of surgical anatomy is mandatory for treating ventrolateral skull base lesions via EEA. An appropriate, less-invasive approach should be applied depending on the size, location, and type of lesion.
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