Minimally Invasive Far Lateral Approach to the Ventrolateral Skull Base: A Single-Center Experience
The minimally invasive retroauricular curvilinear variation of the approach is a safe and effective alternative to the traditional opening for selected patients with ventrolateral skull base lesions not requiring destabilizing surgery, with favorable rates of gross total resection and a low rate of complications in this series.
Authors
- Christopher Cutler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-4732)
- Karol P. Budohoski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-1380)
- Sawyer Z. Bauer
- Majid Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3569-7963)
- Emma R. Earl
- Julian Brown
- Jeffrey L. Nadel
- William T. Couldwell
- Robert C. Rennert
Institutions
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (US)
- University of Utah (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001967
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00