[Surgery of infratemporal fossa tumors].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of surgical approach on tumor with advanced infratemporal fossa.


METHODS
Four different kinds of surgical approaches were selected and used according to preoperative clinical and radiographic findings and its invading structures.


RESULTS
The survival rate according to Kaplan-meire showed that the two years survival rate for benign tumor were 100%, but malignant tumor were 47.1%.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgery of the infratemporal fossa tumors appears to be safe and complete removal of the tumor invading lateral skull bone and its surrounding structures is necessary. The adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy are worth while procedure for postoperative of malignant tumors.
Qian
Yongzhong
Y
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221002.
Li
Peihua
P
Xu
Xuegu
X
Li
Hongquan
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*