Facial Translocation Approach
Pre-Auricular Subtemporal Approach
Introduction
The subtemporal preauricular approach to the infratemporal fossa (ITF) is ideal in the surgical exposure and resection of any lesion, benign or malignant, which involves the ITF and adjacent regions. In contrast to Fisch’s infratemporal fossa approaches, this approach to the ITF affords access to this area without loss of hearing.
It is an approach to the skull base through the anterior portion of the petrous temporal bone and is used for the removal of predominantly extradural tumors in this region. This approach can be used for the management of intradural lesions in the region of the clivus. Its main advantages include avoidance of brain retraction, the use of an extrapharyngeal route, and exposure of the ventral aspect of the pons and medulla and related structures caudal to the trigeminal root.
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Dr. C. Rayappa graduated from Madras Medical College, Chennai, India in 1982. He completed his post graduation in Otolaryngology (ENT)
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The Heart Of Clinic
Dr. C. Rayappa MBBS, DLO, FRCS(Edin)
SENIOR CONSULTANT
+91 44 3315 1105
Dr. C. Rayappa graduated from Madras Medical College, Chennai, India in 1982. He completed his post graduation in Otolaryngology (ENT)