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The middle fossa approach (MFA) and its extensions provide a wide approach to deal with a large variety of lesions located in the middle and posterior cranial fossa junction.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We describe the MFA along with its advantages and limitations to treat a facial nerve schwannoma involving the middle and posterior cranial fossa.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The MFA is a well-established route to surgically deal with tumors located in and around the proximal four segments of the facial nerve.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00701-022-05199-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,6]],"date-time":"2022-04-06T10:21:12Z","timestamp":1649240472000},"page":"2517-2523","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Middle fossa approach for a facial nerve schwannoma: how I do it"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"164","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8614-0992","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pablo","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-L\u00f3pez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Martorell-Llobregat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladim\u00edr","family":"Bene\u0161","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roy T.","family":"Daniel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"5199_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1023","DOI":"10.1007\/s00701-017-3169-1","volume":"159","author":"G Alzhrani","year":"2017","unstructured":"Alzhrani G, Shelton C, Couldwell WT (2017) Middle fossa approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma. 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