title: [Treatment of large tumors of the cerebellopontile angle using a combined transtentorial and translabyrinthine approach to the middle cranial fossa].
abstract: The Authors have reported on 7 patients with large tumors (larger than 4 cm) of the cerebello-pontine angle operated-on utilizing a subtemporal-transtentorial-translabyrinthine-trans-occipital approach. The technique, the results and complications of this approach to the cerebello-pontine angle are discussed. The advantages are the delineation of the cranial nerves and of the ventrolateral brainstem with its blood supply. This approach has been associated with a low morbidity and no operative mortality in 5 cases of acoustic nerve tumor and 2 meningiomas.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012886:Skull
vernacular_title: Trattamento dei grossi tumori dell'angolo ponto-cerebellare attraverso la via combinata della fossa cranica media transtentoriale e translabirintica.