=====Transcavernous approach=====

see [[Endoscopic endonasal transcavernous approach]]

see [[Pretemporal transzygomatic transcavernous approach]].

====Case series====
A transcavernous approach was used in 91 cases (50 complex upper [[basilar artery aneurysm]]s, 30 upper [[petroclival meningioma]]s of the junction, five [[trigeminal schwannoma]]s, three upper [[clival chordoma]]s, and three anterior pontine lesions) involving the anterior upper third of the posterior fossa
((Krisht AF. Transcavernous approach to diseases of the anterior upper third of 
the posterior fossa. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E2. PubMed PMID:
16122211.
)).