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The authors clarify the anatomic basis and the usefulness of the transcondylar fossa approach (T-C-F A), in which the posterior portion of the jugular tubercle is removed extradurally through the condylar fossa with the atlanto-occipital joint intact. The authors first performed an anatomic study to identify the area to be removed using cadaveric specimens and then applied the T-C-F A to foramen magnum surgeries. The surgeries included clipping a vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm in 11 cases, microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia in 15 cases, and removing intradural foramen magnum tumors in 17 cases. Only the condylar fossa was removed, but the approach offered very good visualization of the lateral part of the foramen magnum and sufficient working space. These surgeries were performed safely without major complications. This skull base approach is minimally invasive and is not difficult. Therefore, it can be a standard approach for accessing intradural lesions of the foramen magnum. It can be combined with the transcerebellomedullary fissure approach from the lateral side and can also be easily changed to the transcondylar approach, if necessary.

Transcondylar Fossa (Supracondylar Transjugular Tubercle) Approach: Anatomic Basis for the Approach, Surgical Procedures, and Surgical Experience