Surgical Approaches for Skull Base Lesions

The provider accesses the middle cranial fossa using an infratemporal (below the temporal fossa) preauricular (in front of the external ear) approach, sometimes called a transparotid approach, to expose a lesion or defect at the base of the skull. For lesions that extend posteriorly into the temporal bone, the provider can choose to combine this approach with a transtemporal approach. The selection of a particular approach will depend on the location and size of the lesion. Choose a location to see hospital-reported price summaries. This page does not show national, sample, or aggregate pricing.