Abstract
The retrosigmoid craniotomy is a modification of the traditional suboccipital craniotomy, which was first described in the literature by Frankel et al. in 1904 [1, 2]. The suboccipital craniotomy provides a wide view of the posterior cranial fossa from the tentorium cerebelli to the foramen magnum. Although new technologies and techniques have been introduced to make the approach safer, it is a testament to its versatility that this surgical approach continues to be used nearly unchanged from its original description over a century ago [1].
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Bowers, C. et al. (2018). Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and Its Variants. In: Couldwell, W. (eds) Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67038-6_2
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