Retrosigmoid Approach: Indications, Techniques, and Results

Mohamed Samy Elhammady; Fred F. Telischi; Jacques J. Morcos

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2012.02.001

Retrosigmoid Approach: Indications, Techniques, and Results

Mohamed Samy Elhammady, Fred F. Telischi, Jacques J. Morcos

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Abstract

This review describes the indications and techniques for the retrosigmoid approach for vestibular schwannoma, as performed by the skull base surgery group at the University of Miami. The authors present background of the retrosigmoid approach, surgical steps, and essential "technical pearls" to address complication avoidance, resulting from their expertise with this surgery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	375-397
Number of pages	23
Journal	Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2012.02.001
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

Acoustic neuroma
Retrosigmoid
Surgical technique
Vestibular schwannoma

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Otorhinolaryngology

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