This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of surgical approaches to lesions of the posterior fossa. It will serve as a resource for neurosurgeons and otologists who treat patients with tumors and vascular diseases of the posterior fossa. It provides a concise review of surgical strategies that address the most important pathologies affecting the posterior fossa. It is richly illustrated with photographs and illustrations of the surgical strategies covered. All chapters are written by experts with world-wide recognition for their contributions in their respective subspecialty.

Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa will be of great utility to Neurosurgeons, Otolaryngologists, and Radiation Therapists with an interest in diseases that affect the posterior fossa, as well as Senior Residents in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, and Fellows of Skull Base Surgery and Otology.

William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
USA

Table of Contents

Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa

Edited by William T. Couldwell

I. Introduction

Chapter One

Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa

Jaafar Basma, M.D. and Jeffrey Sorenson, M.D.

II. Approaches

Chapter Two 

Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and its Variants

Christian Bowers M.D.; Olaide O. Ajayi M.D.;Kevin A. Reinard M.D.;Daniel R. Klinger M.D.; Johnny B. Delashaw M.D.;Shane Tubbs Ph.D. PA-C, and Zachary Litvack M.D. 

Chapter Three

Middle Fossa and Translabyrinthine Approaches

Justin C. Sowder, MD; Breanne L. Schiffer, MD, MPH; Richard K. Gurgel, MD, and Clough Shelton, MD

Chapter Four

Posterior and Combined Petrosal Approaches

David Aum, BA,; Omar Arnaout, MD,; Marcio Rassi, MD,; Walid I. Essayed, MD, and Ossama Al-Mefty, MD

Chapter Five

Far Lateral Approach and Its Variants

Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD,; Karolyn Au, MD, MSc, and Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FAANS

Chapter Six

Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Posterior Fossa Tumors

André Beer-Furlan,; Alexandre Bossi Todeschini,; Ricardo L. Carrau,  and Daniel M. Prevedello

Chapter Seven

Petroclival Meningiomas

Amol Raheja, M.B.B.S, M.Ch.;  and William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.

Chapter Eight

Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle

Stephen Magill; Philip Theodosopoulos; Aron Tward; Steve Cheung; and Michael W. McDermott

Chapter Nine

Tentorial Meningiomas

Hiroki Morisako, MD, PhD; Takeo Goto, MD, PhD;  and Kenji Ohata, MD, PhD

Chapter Ten

Foramen Magnum Meningiomas

Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD,; Karolyn Au, MD, MSc, and Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FAA

Chapter Eleven

Surgical Approaches for the Removal of Vestibular Schwannomas

Gmaan Alzrhani, MD,; Clough Shelton, MD,; and William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD

Chapter Twelve

Epidermoid Cyst

Gmaan Alzhrani, MD, and William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD

Chapter Thirteen

Metastasis to the Posterior Fossa

Bradley D. Weaver, B.S. and Randy L. Jensen M.D., Ph.D

Chapter Fourteen

Microsurgical Management of Posterior Fossa Vascular Lesions

M. Yashar; S. Kalani, MD, PhD and Robert F. Spetzler, MD