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The infratemporal fossa (ITF) has been a challenging area for clinicians for a long time. This area has complex anatomy with communications to many surrounding areas. Accurate assessment of disease spread is limited by the edema of tissue, and the area has a tendency to bleed heavily during surgery. These factors make the treatment of patient with lesion in ITF very complicated and challenging. There is very little in published literature regarding surgical approaches for ITF. This chapter focuses on various surgical approaches for ITF clearance. These approaches are based on our clinical experience of treating these cases over the past few years.
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Trivedi, N. (2015). Tumors of Infratemporal Fossa. In: Atlas of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2050-3_13
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