Transpetrosal approaches are known to be associated with a significant risk of
complications, including CSF leak, facial palsy, hearing impairment, venous injury, and/or …

Background The evolution of the surgical treatment of petroclival meningiomas (PMs) has
led to a tendency to abandon complex petrous approaches and return to “less-aggressive” …

Objective Transpetrosal approaches for the treatment of petroclival meningiomas are often
associated with substantial morbidity and long recovery. With the goal of early clinical …

Background Transpetrosal approaches have become standard technique for resection of
petroclival meningiomas (PCM). The retrosigmoid craniotomy has also been extensively …

Background Meningiomas arising from the petroclival area remain a challenge for
neurosurgeons. Various approaches have been proposed to achieve maximum resection …

Petroclival meningiomas remain one of the most challenging intracranial tumors to treat
surgically. This is attributable to their location deep within the skull base and their …

Background An anterior transpetrosal approach (ATPA) is suitable for treating upper
petroclival lesions. However, the limit of the ATPA is reached when the tumor extends …

Combined supratentorial and infratentorial approaches for removal of petroclival meningiomas.
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Surgical access to the petroclival region poses a challenge to neurosurgeons. A wide range
of approaches has been demonstrated in the past. In this video, the authors present a 69 …

OBJECTIVE Petroclival meningiomas (PCMs) remain difficult to remove, and radical tumor
resection continues to pose a relatively high risk of neurological morbidity in patients with …