Temporal craniotomy [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Temporal craniotomy ======

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For exposure of the [[temporal lobe]] from the base of the [[middle fossa]] to the [[sylvian fissure]].

see [[Temporal lobe tumor surgery]].

===== Indications =====

1. [[temporal lobe biopsy]]: [[herpes simplex encephalitis]]

2. [[temporal lobectomy]]: for resection of the seizure focus, decompression post-trauma...

3. [[hematoma]] (epidural or subdural) overlying temporal lobe

4. [[Temporal lobe tumor]]

5. small, laterally located [[vestibular schwannoma]]s
((Brackmann DE, Sekhar LN, Janecka IP. The Middle Fossa Approach. In: Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors. New York: Raven Press; 1993:367–377)).

6. access to the floor of the [[middle cranial fossa]] (including [[foramen ovale]]/[[Meckel’s cave]], the labyrinthine and upper tympanic portion of the [[facial nerve]])

7. access to medial temporal lobe e.g. for [[amygdalohippocampectomy]] or for [[mesial temporal sclerosis]]
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[[Temporal lobe surgery]]

[[Anterior temporal lobectomy]] for [[epilepsy]].

[[Frontotemporal approach]].

[[Infratemporal approach]].

[[Subtemporal approach]].

[[Transtemporal approach]].

===== Temporoparietal epidural hematoma =====

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