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Polytomographic evaluation of the clivus and petrous apices: A new view
Author(s) -
De La Cruz Antonio
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198402000-00001
Subject(s) - clivus , medicine , skull , petrous bone , surgical planning , anatomy , computed tomographic , radiology , computed tomography
The base of the skull lesions that arise anterior to the porus acusticus, clivus, or from the jugular carotid or hypoglossal canals present difficult surgical access. Plain films, arteriograms, and the conventional AP, lateral, and full base tomograms have often fallen short in allowing an easy understanding of the surgical relationships between these structures. The objectives of this thesis are 1 . to present a previously unpublished tomographic view based on the surgical relationships, as encountered by the surgeon, that complement the traditional views and simplify the preoperative assessment of the lesion, 2 . to review the literature on the subject, and 3 . to present the author's experience with this view in use since 1976.