====== Suboccipital approach ======

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Types of suboccipital [[approach]]:

[[Midline suboccipital approach]]

[[Retrosigmoid approach]] 

[[Far lateral approach]]


Awareness of the existence of an extradural origin of the [[PICA]] and a direct connection of this vessel with the [[occipital artery]] (OA) is of great relevance to the muscular stage of [[suboccipital approach]]es to the posterior [[craniovertebral junction]]
((Tayebi Meybodi A, Lawton MT, Benet A. Dual Origin of Extradural Posterior
Inferior Cerebellar Artery From Vertebral and Occipital Arteries: Anatomic Case
Report. Neurosurgery. 2015 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26237343.)).

===== Suboccipital craniotomy =====

see [[Suboccipital craniotomy]].