Expanded endonasal transclival approach
The transjugular tubercle variant of the expanded endoscopic transnasal transclival approach allows for direct access to ventrolateral lesions in the inferior clival/petroclival region with no cerebral or cerebellar retraction, or cranial nerve manipulation during the approach 1).
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PMID: 22127047.