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Paramedian Approaches to the Posterior Fossa

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Midline suboccipital craniotomies expose the fourth ventricle, upper brainstem, and pineal region, and it is widely used for lesions such as tumors of the culmen, pineal tumors, medulloblastoma, cerebellar hemisphere astrocytoma, ependymoma of the fourth ventricle, and foramen magnum tumors.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Giuseppe Mirone, Pietro Spennato M.D. & Giuseppe Cinalli M.D.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Giuseppe Mirone & Giuseppe Cinalli M.D.

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  1. Neurosurgery, Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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    Giuseppe Cinalli

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Mirone, G., Spennato, P., Cinalli, G. (2015). Paramedian Approaches to the Posterior Fossa. In: Özek, M., Cinalli, G., Maixner, W., Sainte-Rose, C. (eds) Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11274-9_9

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