Abstract
Recent advances in neurosurgery and reconstructive surgery have provided the widespread of the skull base surgery using both intracranial approach and extracranial approach, for head and neck tumors involving the skull base. Subtotal temporal bone resection is a surgical technique to eradicate the cancers of the ear with en bloc fashion. At present, subtotal temporal resection is performed in the limited institutions in this country, partly due to the rarity of the cancers involving the temporal bone. In this paper, our surgical technique of subtotal temporal resection is presented. Selection of patients, preparation for surgery, postoperative management, complications are also described.
