The Temporal Bone: A Manual for Dissection and Surgical Approaches

1 Temporal Bone Dissection Laboratory Surgical Instruments General Guidelines for Drilling Suction Irrigation Preparation of the Specimen Temporal Bone Holder 2 Anatomy of the Temporal Bone The Middle Ear The Tympanic Membrane The Ossicular Chain The Tympanic Cavity The Antrum The Labyrinth The Carotid Artery The Sigmoid Sinus and Jugular Bulb The Intratemporal Facial Nerve 3 Transmastoid Approaches Closed Tympanoplasty Open Tympanoplasty Modified Bondy Technique Radical Mastoidectomy Subtotal Petrosectomy En-block Excision of the External Auditory Canal Endolymphatic Sac Decompression Facial Nerve Decompression Cochlear Implantation 4 Translabyrinthine Approaches Basic Translabyrinthine Approach Management of High Jugular Bulb The Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach with Transapical Extension Types (I & II) Translabyrinthine Facial Nerve Decompression 5 Middle Cranial Fossa Approaches Basic Middle Cranial Fossa Approach Middle Cranial Fossa (Approach?) for Tumors of the Labyrinthine Segment of the Facial Nerve Combined Middle Cranial Fossa Transpetrous Approach Combined Transmastoid Middle Cranial Fossa Approach 6 Retrosigmoid Retrolabyrinthine Approach 7 Transotic Approach 8 Modified Transcochlear Approach (Type A) 9 Infratemporal Fossa Approaches Infratemporal Fossa Approache Type A Infratemporal Fossa Approache Type B