Skull Base Techniques for Senior Residents-Designing an Anterolateral Skull Base Approach Infratemporal Fossa Tumors Approach

Designing an Anterolateral Skull Base Approach Infratemporal Fossa Tumors Approach

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In this video transcript, the speaker discusses the infertemporal fossa, which is an area in the skull that contains various tumors. They mention benign tumors such as meningiomas and schwannomas, as well as malignant tumors like osteosarcoma and synovial cell sarcoma. The speaker also explains different surgical approaches to access and remove these tumors, including the use of a zygomatic arch osteotomy. They emphasize the importance of preserving surrounding structures and achieving negative margins during tumor resection. The transcript concludes with information on the survival rates of patients with infertemporal fossa malignancies. No credits were mentioned in the transcript.

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Presented by Franco De Monte, MD, FAANS, FACS

Keywords

infertemporal fossa

tumors

surgical approaches

zygomatic arch osteotomy

survival rates