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Endoscopic endonasal Draf I, IIA, IIB, and III frontal sinusotomies, endoscopic endonasal superior ethmoidectomy, and endoscopic endonasal transcribriform and transplanum approaches were modularly performed. The specimens were photodocumented with endoscopic techniques.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003Draf I frontal sinusotomy started with the complete removal of the anteromedial portion of the agger nasi cell, exposing the medial orbital wall, cranial base, and anterior cribriform plate. Draf II frontal sinusotomy proceeded with the removal of the floor of the frontal sinus between the lamina papyracea and the middle turbinate (IIa), and the nasal septum (IIb) until the first olfactory filaments were exposed. Draf III proceeded by creating a superior septal window just below the floor of the frontal sinus. The bone of the ACF bounded by the limbus sphenoidale posteriorly, frontal sinus anteriorly, and the medial orbital walls bilaterally was removed; the cribriform plate was removed; and the crista galli was dissected free from the dural leaflets of the falx cerebri and removed.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003We provide a step-by-step dissection describing basic surgical steps and anatomy of the EEAs to the ACF to facilitate the learning process for skull base surgery trainees.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0043-1775754","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,27]],"date-time":"2023-09-27T23:11:10Z","timestamp":1695856270000},"page":"575-586","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Anatomical Step-by-Step Dissection of Complex Skull Base Approaches for Trainees: Surgical Anatomy of the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Anterior Cranial Fossa"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"85","author":[{"given":"Edoardo","family":"Agosti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rhoton Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology Surgical Anatomy Program, Rochester, Minnesota, United States"},{"name":"Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States"},{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A. 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