title: [Resection of cranial base tumors].
abstract: This article reports 10 cases of cranial base tumors resected by pre-or retro-auricular intratemporal approach. Among them four were neuronomas, two meningiomas, one malignant giant cell tumor of bone, one osteochondnoma, one parotid mixed neoplasm and one poorly-differentiated squamors cell carcinoma. Total resection in 9 cases and one subtotal resection were performed without operative mortality and serious surgical complications. The surgical management of cranial base tumor and indications for selecting operative approaches were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*