[Surgery of infratemporal fossa tumors].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the effects of surgical approach on tumor with advanced infratemporal fossa.

METHOD

Four different kinds of surgical approaches were selected and used according to preoperative clinical and radiographic findings and its invading structures.

RESULT

The survival rate according to Kaplan-meire showed that the two years survival rate for benign tumor were 100%, but malignant tumor were 47.1%.

CONCLUSION

Surgery of the infratemporal fossa tumors appears to be safe and complete removal of the tumor invading lateral skull bone and its surrounding structures is necessary. The adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy are worth while procedure for postoperative of malignant tumors.