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The Temporal Bone: Basic Anatomy and Approaches to Internal Auditory Canal

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Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgery of the Posterior Cranial Fossa

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Surgeries through the temporal bone are challenging because of its complicating anatomy inside the bone [15–17, 21, 22]. In this chapter, to understand the basic anatomy of the temporal bone, we will describe the following:

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Matsushima, T. (2015). The Temporal Bone: Basic Anatomy and Approaches to Internal Auditory Canal. In: Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgery of the Posterior Cranial Fossa. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54183-7_18

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