====== Temporal craniotomy ====== {{ ::temporalcraniotomy.jpg?400|}} 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]] ---- [[Temporal lobe surgery]] [[Anterior temporal lobectomy]] for [[epilepsy]]. [[Frontotemporal approach]]. [[Infratemporal approach]]. [[Subtemporal approach]]. [[Transtemporal approach]]. ===== Temporoparietal epidural hematoma =====