title: Small petrosal approach to the middle portion of the mediobasal temporal region: technical case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The mediobasal temporal region has been divided into three portions: anterior, middle, and posterior. Surgical access, especially to the middle portion, presents a formidable challenge to neurosurgeons, and much controversy still exists regarding the selection of the surgical approach to this region.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the small petrosal approach to the middle portion of the mediobasal temporal region in a patient with intractable seizures caused by a cavernous angioma in this region. Using this approach, we selectively removed the lesion without postoperative deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The small petrosal approach was found to be useful and safe as an alternative technique for selective removal of the lesion in the middle portion of the mediobasal temporal region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Türe
authors.forename: M Necmettin
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pamir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*