(PDF) Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgery of the Posterior Cranial Fossa by Toshio Matsushima

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The “Rules of Three” in the Posterior Cranial Fossa.- Chapter 2. Neural Structures: the Brainstem, Cerebellum, Cerebellar Peduncles, and Fourth Ventricle.- Chapter 3. Three Cerebellar Arteries: Superior Cerebellar Artery, Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery, and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery.-Chapter 4. The Veins of the Posterior Cranial Fossa: Nomenclature.-Chapter 5. The Bridging Veins in the Posterior Cranial Fossa.-Chapter 6. Midline Suboccipital Approach and Its Variations for Fourth Ventricular or Cerebellar Hemispheric Lesions.-Chapter 7. Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cerebellomedullary Fissure and Variations of the Transcerebellomedullary Fissure Approach.-Chapter 8. The Cerebellopontine Angle: Basic Structures and the “Rules of Three”.-Chapter 9. The Retrosigmoid Lateral Suboccipital Approach: Basic Approach and Variations.-Chapter 10. Anatomy for Microvascular Decompression Procedures: Relationships between Cranial Nerves and Vessels, Preoperative Images, and Anatomy for the Stitched Sling Retraction Technique.-Chapter 11. Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Special Reference to the Infratentorial Lateral Supracerebellar Approach Using the Tentorial Stitched Sling Retraction Method.-Chapter 12. Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm: the Lateral Suboccipital Infrafloccular Approach.-Chapter 13. Microvascular Decompression for Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: Surgical Approaches Depending on the Offending Artery.- Chapter 14. Microsurgical Anatomy of the Internal Auditory Canal and Surrounding Structures and Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery.- Chapter 15. Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle: Classification and Differences in the Surgical Removal of Each Typethrough the Lateral Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach.- Chapter 16. Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Part of the Foramen Magnum and the Posterior Paramedian Approaches.-Chapter 17. Surgical Anatomy of and Approaches through the Lateral Foramen Magnum: the Transcondylar Fossa and Transcondylar Approaches.-Chapter 18. The Temporal Bone: Basic Anatomy and Approaches to Internal Auditory Canal.-Chapter 19. Posterior and Anterior Transpetrosal Approaches.- Chapter 20. Microsurgical Anatomy of and Surgical Approaches to the Jugular Foramen.- Chapter 21. Occipital Artery–Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Bypass Surgery.