Surgery of Lateral Skull Base

Jae Young Choi MD Ph.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea In Seok Moon MD Ph.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

1. Introduction.- i. History of Lateral Skull Base Surgery.- ii. Treatment Strategies (Decision Making).- 2. Microanatomy of Lateral Skull Base.- i. Temporal Bone & Facial nerve Anatomy.- ii. Cerebellopontine Angle anatomy.- iii. Jugular foramen & Neck Anatomy.- 3. Operating Room Setup.- 4. CerebelloPontineAngle tumor Surgery.- i. Translabyrinthine Approach.- ii. Transotic Approach.- iii. Transcochlear Approach.- iv. Middle Cranial Fossa Approach.- v. Retrolabyrinthine Approach.- vi. Minimal Invasive Retrosigmoid Approach.- 5. Juguar Foramen Tumor Surgery.- i. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type A.- ii. General Principle of Embolization.- 6. Petroclival Tumor Surgery.- i. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type A.- ii. Infratemporal Fossa Approach type B.- 7. External Auditory Canal Tumor Surgery.- i. Lateral Temporal Bone Resection.- ii. Subtotal Temporal Bone Resection.- iii. Total Temporal Bone Resection.- 8. Facial Nerve Tumor & Trauma Surgery.- i. Principles of Facial Nerve Schwannoma Treatment.- ii. Stripping Surgery of Facial Nerve Schwannoma.- 9. Rehabilitation.- i. Rehabilitation of Facial Nerve Palsy.- End-to-End Anastomosis , Cable graft, XII-VII anastomosis.- Botox injection, Thread lifting, Static Sling.- ii. Rehabilitation of Hearing Loss.-Simultaneous Cochlear Implant.- BAHA/Sophono/Bone Bridge for Unilateral deaf.- Auditory Brainstem implant.- 10. New Trial for treatment.- Medical Treatment trial & Outcomes.