Skull Base Techniques for Senior Residents-Designing an Approach to the Posterior Cranial Base: The Far Lateral Approach

Designing an Approach to the Posterior Cranial Base: The Far Lateral Approach

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Video Summary

In this video, the presenter discusses the far lateral approach to the skull base. He begins by noting the increasing popularity of this approach and then proceeds to explain different modifications of the approach, including retrocondylar, transcondylar, supracondylar, and pericondylar approaches. The presenter emphasizes the importance of understanding the anatomy of the bone, muscles, arteries, and veins in the region. He goes on to discuss the surgical technique, including positioning the patient, making the incision, taking down the muscles, and exposing the bone. He then shows various pathologies that can be treated using the far lateral approach, including meningioma, trigeminal cranial nerve schwannoma, chordoma, synovial cysts, and dural arteriovenous fistula. The presenter emphasizes the need for caution and thorough closure in these cases. The video ends with a discussion of congenital lesions and dural arteriovenous fistulas. No credits are mentioned in the video.

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Presented by L. Madison Michael II, MD, FAANS

Keywords

far lateral approach

skull base

surgical technique

pathologies

dural arteriovenous fistula

anatomy