The Temporal Bone: A Manual for Dissection and Surgical Approaches -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- 1 Temporal Bone Dissection Laboratory -- Surgical Instruments -- General Guidelines for Drilling -- Suction Irrigation -- Preparation of the Specimen -- Temporal Bone Holder -- 2 Anatomy of the Temporal Bone -- Squamous Bone -- Tympanic Bone -- Mastoid Process -- Petrous Bone -- The Middle Ear -- The Tympanic Membrane -- The Ossicular Chain -- The Tympanic Cavity -- The Antrum -- The Labyrinth -- Internal Auditory Canal -- The Carotid Artery -- The Sigmoid Sinus and Jugular Bulb -- The Intratemporal Facial Nerve -- Labyrinthine Segment -- Tympanic Segment -- Mastoid Segment -- 3 Transmastoid Approaches -- Closed Tympanoplasty -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Open Tympanoplasty -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Modified Bondy Technique -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Radical Mastoidectomy -- Indications -- Subtotal Petrosectomy -- Indications -- En-Bloc Excision of the External Auditory Canal -- Indication -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Endolymphatic Sac Decompression -- Surgical Anatomy -- Indication -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Facial Nerve Decompression -- Indications -- Surgical Technique -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Cochlear Implantation -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- 4 Translabyrinthine Approaches -- Basic Translabyrinthine Approach -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Management of High Jugular Bulb -- Surgical Steps -- The Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach with Transapical Extension Types (I & II) -- Rationale -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Translabyrinthine Facial Nerve Decompression -- 5 Middle Cranial Fossa Approaches.

Basic Middle Cranial Fossa Approach -- Indication -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Reference -- Middle Cranial Fossa Approach for Tumors of the Labyrinthine Segment of the Facial Nerve -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Combined Middle Cranial Fossa Transpetrous Approach -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Combined Transmastoid Middle Cranial Fossa Approach -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- 6 Retrosigmoid-Retrolabyrinthine Approach -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- 7 Transotic Approach -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- 8 Modified Transcochlear Approach (Type A) -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- 9 Infratemporal Fossa Approaches -- Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type B -- Indications -- Surgical Steps -- Hints and Pitfalls -- Bibliography -- Index.