Endoscopic and Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cranial Base 1st edition by Wolfgang Seeger 3211993193 9783211993194

CHAPTER I SURVEY (Figs. 1 to 8)

• Overview (Figs. 1 to 5)
• Topography of the endoscopic routes (Figs. 6 to 8)
• Cavum nasi and paranasal sinuses
• Foramen sphenopalatinum and adjacent structures
• Foramen lacerum
• Pyramis (petrous bone)
• Literature

CHAPTER II CAVUM NASI AND FOSSA PTERYGOPALATINA (Figs. 9 to 17)

• Overview (Figs. 9 and 10)
• Cavum nasi (Fig. 10)
• Hiatus maxillaris (Fig. 11)
• Other paranasal sinuses (Fig. 12)
• Foramen sphenopalatinum and Fossa pterygopalatina (Figs. 13 to 19)
• Vessels and nerves of the area of Foramen sphenopalatinum
• Literature

CHAPTER III SINUS SPHENOIDALIS AND FOSSA PTERYGOPALATINA (Figs. 18 to 34)

• Overview (Figs. 18 to 20)
• Sinus sphenoidalis (Figs. 19 and 20)
• Widening of adjacent structures (Figs. 27, 28, and 33)
• Area between Sinus sphenoidalis and Foramen lacerum (Figs. 19 to 34)
• Literature

CHAPTER IV TUBA AUDITIVA (EUSTACHII) (Figs. 35 to 40)

• Overview (Figs. 35 and 36)
• Pars cartilaginea
• Pars ossea (C in Fig. 37, and Fig. 40)
• Literature

CHAPTER V PYRAMIS (PETROUS BONE, PARS PETROSA PLUS PARS TYMPANICA) (Figs. 41 to 63)

• Overview (Figs. 41 to 43)
• Pyramis, schematic drawing (Figs. 42 and 43)
• Facies posterior, anterior, and inferior pyramidis
• Cadaver skull dissections (Figs. 45 to 63)
• Literature

CHAPTER VI CLIVUS AREA AND PARS CONDYLARIS (Figs. 64 to 70)

• Overview (Figs. 64 and 65)
• Components of the Clivus area
• Basal extracranial and Dorsal intracranial Clivus area
• Literature

CHAPTER VII SPECIAL SURGICAL ASPECTS. EXAMPLES (Figs. 71 to 79)

• Planning strategies (Figs. 71 to 77)
• Imaging techniques (Figs. 71 to 74)
• Transnasal routes (Figs. 78 and 79)
• Literature