The Temporal Bone

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
Internal Auditory Canal
The Intratemporal Facial Nerve
3 Transmastoid Approaches
Closed Tympanoplasty
Open Tympanoplasty
Modified Bondy Technique
Radical Mastoidectomy
Subtotal Petrosectomy
En-Bloc Excision of the External Auditory Canal
Endolymphatic Sac Decompression
Facial Nerve Decompression
Cochlear Implantation
4 Translabyrinthine Approaches
Basic Translabyrinthine Approach
Management of High Jugular Bulb
The Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach with Transapical Extension Types (I & II)
Translabyrinthine Facial Nerve Decompression
5 Middle Cranial Fossa Approaches
Basic Middle Cranial Fossa Approach
Middle Cranial Fossa Approach for Tumors of the Labyrinthine Segment of the Facial Nerve
Combined Middle Cranial Fossa Transpetrous Approach
Combined Transmastoid Middle Cranial Fossa Approach
6 Retrosigmoid-Retrolabyrinthine Approach
7 Transotic Approach
8 Modified Transcochlear Approach (Type A)
9 Infratemporal Fossa Approaches
Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A
Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type B