TY - BOOK AU - Seeger,Wolfgang ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Endoscopic and Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cranial Base SN - 9783211993200 AV - RD592.5-596 U1 - 617.48 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Vienna PB - Springer Vienna KW - Medicine KW - Human anatomy KW - Neurosurgery KW - Medicine & Public Health KW - Anatomy N1 - Survey -- Cavum Nasi and Fossa Pterygopalatina -- Sinus Sphenoidalis and Fossa Pterygopalatina -- Tuba Auditiva (Eustachii) -- Pyramis (Petrous Bone, Pars Petrosa Plus Pars Tympanica) -- Clivus Area and Pars Condylaris -- Special Surgical Aspects Examples N2 - Neuroendoscopic transnasal surgical approaches have become increasingly common for some time, and have started to replace microsurgical techniques in pituitary surgery. Endoscopic transnasal approaches have also been recently used in some neurosurgical centres to reach pre- and retrosellar areas and targets localized in the basal cisterns. One major factor is the localization of the carotid artery between the siphon and aperture externa of the carotid canal at the base of the petrous bone. The following areas are especially critical: 1. the anterior siphon area 2.the area between the bottom of the sphenoid sinus and the base of Processus pte- goideus 3. the proximity of the carotid canal to the Tuba Eustachii, the labyrinth, Bulbus su- rior of the internal jugular vein and the facial nerve. Some segments of the course of the carotid artery are well known but they have rarely been surgical target areas using transnasal approaches to date. This has changed since the introduction of modern imaging techniques, especially neuronavigation. It has become possible to identify and localize structures of the skull and extra- and intracranial structures in any desired plane UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-211-99320-0 ER -