Retrosigmoid Transmeatal Approach: An Anatomic Study of an Approach Used for Preservation of Hearing in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Vestibular Neurotomy
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base
- Vol. 3 (01) , 16-21
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1060560
Abstract
The limitations of the transmeatal phase of the retrosigmoid transmeatal approach are shown, and the problems of opening the internal acoustic meatus via this approach and the criteria for its use are discussed.Keywords
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