title: [Laterocaudal approaches to the clivus].
abstract: The different lateral approaches to the skull base (including the clivus) are subsumed under the term infero-lateral approaches, and include: 1. The cervical approach. 2. The direct lateral approach. 3. The postero-inferior approach. Indications and technical details are discussed, and a few examples are demonstrated. The inclusion of microsurgery improves the results as regards survival, function and esthetics. Reconstructive surgery must be included in the rehabilitation of these difficult surgical problems. In special cases this problem can be better solved by co-operation between ENT and neurosurgeons.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Die laterokaudalen Zugänge zum Clivus.