Maturation of the internal auditory canal and posterior petrous bone with relevance to lateral and posterolateral skull base approaches

Abstract Anatomic knowledge of the internal auditory canal (IAC) and surrounding structures is a prerequisite for performing skull base approaches to the IAC. We herein perform a morphometric analysis of the IAC and surgically relevant aspects of the posterior petrous bone during pediatric maturatio...

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Main Authors: Robert C. Rennert, Michael G. Brandel, Jeffrey A. Steinberg, Rick A. Friedman, William T. Couldwell, Takanori Fukushima, John D. Day, Alexander A. Khalessi, Michael L. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07343-9