The Open Otorhinolaryngology Journal

2013, 7 : 5-7
Published online 2013 September 20. DOI: 10.2174/1874428101307010005
Publisher ID: TOOTORJ-7-5

Endoscopic Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal

Abdulrahman Dia , Kevin M. O'Grady and Miriam I. Redeaf
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1855 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.

ABSTRACT

Endoscopic approaches and techniques of otologic surgery are becoming more prevalent. The use of endoscopy in cholesteotoma, tympanoplasty, and other middle ear surgery is extensively documented [1, 2]. Furthermore, the use of endoscopy to assist in established transcranial approaches to the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is becoming more widely accepted [3]. Retrosigmoid resections of CPA tumors using only endoscopic visualization have been described [4, 5].

Keywords:

Endoscopy, internal auditory canal (IAC), cerebellopontine angle (CPA).