====== Approaches ======

see [[Neurosurgical procedure]]s.


==== Skull Base Approaches ====
  * Endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA)
  * Transplanum / transtuberculum approach
  * Transclival approach
  * Far-lateral approach
  * Middle fossa approach
  * Anterior petrosectomy (Kawase approach)

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The main problem ahead on many [[neurosurgeon]]s is the way they could approach a deep lesion inside cranial cavity
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((Abosch A, Lozano A. Stereotactic neurosurgery for movement disorders. Can J Neurol Sci. 2003;30:S72–82.))
((Tubbs RS, Hill M, Loukas M, Shoja MM, Oakes WJ. Volumetric analysis of the posterior cranial fossa in a family with four generations of the Chiari malformation Type I. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008;1:21–4.))
((Nair DR, Burgess R, McIntyre CC, Lüders H. Chronic subdural electrodes in the management of epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008;119:11–28.))
, although [[stereotaxy]] and [[neuronavigation]] have their own benefits but have also pitfalls as well
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((Kalfas IH. Image-guided spinal navigation. Clin Neurosurg. 2000;46:70–88.))
((Tuominen J, Yrjänä SK, Katisko JP, Heikkilä J, Koivukangas J. Intraoperative imaging in a comprehensive neuronavigation environment for minimally invasive brain tumour surgery. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2003;85:115–20.)).
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  * Translabyrinthine approach

  * Transpetrosal approach
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[[Anterior transpetrosal approach]]

[[Contralateral Transcingulate approach]]

[[Contralateral Transfalcine Transprecuneus Approach]]

[[Endoscopic endonasal approach]]

[[Frontobasal approach]]

[[Frontolateral approach]]

[[Infra-Occipital Supra-Tentorial Approach]]

[[Infratentorial supracerebellar approach]] 

[[Lateral supraorbital approach]]

[[Middle frontal gyrus approach]]

[[Middle fossa approach]]

[[Occipital transtentorial approach]] 

[[Orbitozygomatic approach]]

[[Precaruncular approach]]

[[Presigmoid approach]]

[[Pterional approach]]

[[Retromastoid approach]]

[[Retrosigmoid approach]]

[[Suboccipital approach]]

[[Suboccipital lateral approach]]

[[Superior temporal sulcus approach]]

[[Supraorbital approach]]

[[Supratentorial infraoccipital approach]]

[[Transaxillary approach]]

[[Transbasal approach]]

[[Transcondylar approach]]

[[Transcallosal anterior interfoniceal approach]]

[[Transcortical approach to the third ventricle]]

[[Transchoroidal approach]]

[[Transmastoid approach]]

[[Transsphenoidal approach]]

[[Translabyrinthine approach]]

[[Transpetrosal approach]]

[[Transsylvian approach]]

[[Transtentorial approach]]

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[[Intracranial procedures]]

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see [[neurosurgical procedure]]s