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Management of Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
BackgroundThe term petrous bone cholesteatoma (PBC) refers to lesions extending deep to the bony labyrinth via superior, inferior, and posterior cell...
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Combined microscope–endoscopy resection of petrous bone cholesteatoma with temporary facial nerve transposition versus nontransposition
PurposeThe narrow supralabyrinthine space affects surgical procedures. To study the effect of temporary transposition of geniculate ganglion of...
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Surgical treatment of cavernous sinus meningioma with petrous bone invasion causing internal auditory canal stenosis and hearing impairment 7 years after gamma-knife radiosurgery
BackgroundSurgical intervention for cavernous sinus meningiomas remains challenging because of their anatomically complicated location. We report a...
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A Novel Case of Paediatric Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma
The petrous apex is medial most part of temporal bone, which is surrounded by vital structures. Cholesterol granuloma is the most common benign...
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Endoscopic Removal of Petrous Cholesteatoma via Trans-canal Supra-labyrinth Approach: A Case Report
Petrous cholesteatoma is an entity of significant clinical ramifications especially concerning surgical risks it poses due to close proximity with...
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Assessing the feasibility of the transmastoid infralabyrinthine approach without decompression of the jugular bulb to the extradural part of the petrous apex and petroclival junction prior to surgery
Background and objectiveThis study aims to define specific measurements on cranial high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images prior to surgery...
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Petrous bone lesions: surgical implementation and outcomes of extradural subtemporal approach
BackgroundPetrous bone lesions (PBLs) are rare with few reports in the neurosurgical literature. In this study, the authors describe our current...
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Neurosurgical management of petrous bone lesions: classification system and selection of surgical approaches
BackgroundSurgery of petrous bone lesions (PBLs) is challenging for neurosurgeons. Selection of the surgical approach is an important key for...
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How I do it? Resection of residual petrous apex chordoma with combined endoscopic endonasal and contralateral transmaxillary approaches
BackgroundThe petrous apex is one of the most challenging areas of the skull base to access.
MethodWe present a case of residual petrous apex...
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Petrous bone cholesteatoma: our experience of 20 years and management of two giant cases affecting rhinopharynx
PurposeTo demonstrate our experience in the treatment of petrous bone cholesteatoma (PBC).
MethodsData of PBC patients in our hospital from January...
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The otologic approach in the management of posterior petrous surface meningiomas
PurposeReport our experience in the management of posterior petrous surface meningiomas (PPSMs), and identify features that affect hearing, facial...
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Aneurysm of Petrous and Cavernous Parts of the Internal Carotid Artery: A Case Report
İnternal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms are rare but they can cause high morbidity and mortality. Although these aneurysms are usually asymptomatic,...
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Age estimation in infant and prenatal individuals through the metric development of the pars petrosa and squamosal portion of the temporal bone
This study proposes an assessment of the accuracy of the Fazekas and Kósa and Nagaoka methods by measuring the squamosal and petrous portions of the...
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In vitro measurements of radiation exposure with different modalities (computed tomography, cone beam computed tomography) for imaging the petrous bone with a pediatric anthropomorphic phantom
BackgroundVarious imaging modalities, such as multi-detector computed tomography (CT) and cone beam CT are commonly used in infants for the diagnosis...
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Tympanal bone fracture in forensic practice
A tympanal bone fracture is an uncommon complication of head trauma and is mostly associated with a mandibular or petrous bone fracture. Upon...
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Association of the superior semicircular canal and tegmen tympani dehiscences and its relationship with the pneumatisation of the temporal bone
PurposeTo analyse the degree of pneumatisation of the temporal bone when there is an association between dehiscence of the superior semicircular...
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Microsurgical transcranial approaches to the posterior surface of petrosal portion of the temporal bone: quantitative analysis of surgical volumes and exposed areas
Different microsurgical transcranial approaches (MTAs) have been described to expose the posterior surface of the petrous bone (PPB). A quantitative,...
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Localisation of the petrous internal carotid artery relative to the vidian canal on computed tomography: a case–control study evaluating the impact of petroclival chondrosarcoma
BackgroundThe vidian canal (VC) is normally a reliable anatomical landmark for locating the petrous internal carotid artery (pICA). This study...
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Correlation of hearing outcome in otic capsule sparing temporal bone fractures using temporal bone sub-site classification: a cross-sectional descriptive study
BackgroundHead injury most commonly occur following road traffic accidents. Often hearing loss and other otological injuries are missed in view of...
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Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid fistula secondary to hyper-pneumatized paranasal sinuses and skull base: two case reports
BackgroundSpontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas occur due to various reasons other than well-identified causes such as trauma, neoplasia or...
