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Data were examined from 57 patients who were treated for 59 tumors. The tumors were classified into 3 types according to the location of their primary dural attachment: Type A, located around the porus trigeminus (33 tumors); Type M, located at the level of the porus of the internal auditory canal (IAC) (12 tumors); and Type P, located laterally to the IAC (14 tumors). The median tumor diameter was 34 mm (range 20\u201367 mm).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The choice of the approach was based on tumor location, as the displacement of vascular structures and cranial nerves was primarily determined by the site of dural attachment on the posterior petrous bone. An anterior petrosectomy was performed in 82% of Type A meningiomas, and a retrosigmoid approach was used in 86% of Type P meningiomas. The spectrum of approaches was less uniform for Type M meningiomas. Overall, total resection was obtained in 39% of all cases, and in 18%, 50%, and 86% of Type A, Type M, and Type P tumors, respectively. The postoperative mortality rate was 8.8% (5 deaths among 57 patients), and all 5 patients who died during the early postoperative period had large Type A tumors. At last follow-up, the functional preservation of the facial nerve was excellent in 49 (94%) of the 52 surviving patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors believe that proper selection of the approach favorably impacts functional outcome in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of skull base tumors. In the authors' case series of posterior petrous bone meningiomas, Type P and most Type M tumors were safely managed through a regular retrosigmoid approach, whereas Type A tumors were optimally treated via an epidural anterior petrosectomy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2011.2.focus1119","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,27]],"date-time":"2016-12-27T10:40:44Z","timestamp":1482835244000},"page":"E14","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Decision making for the surgical approach of posterior petrous bone meningiomas"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Pierre-Hugues","family":"Roche","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Marseille Nord APHM and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincent","family":"Lubrano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse\u2013Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R\u00e9my","family":"Noudel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Marseille Nord APHM and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anthony","family":"Melot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Marseille Nord APHM and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean","family":"R\u00e9gis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHU Timone APHM, Universit\u00e9 de la M\u00e9diterrann\u00e9e, Marseille; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-0300014","series-title":"J Neurosurg","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1053","DOI":"10.3171\/2007.11.17446","article-title":"ABC Surgical Risk Scale for skull base meningioma: a new scoring system for predicting the extent of tumor removal and neurological outcome. 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