Supracerebellar transtentorial approach to the tentorial incisura and beyond

Kyle Swanson, MD, Ulas Cikla, MD, Kutluay Uluc, MD, and Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD University of Wisconsin, Department of Neurological Surgery, Madison, Wisconsin The supracerebellar transtentorial approach via a suboccipital craniotomy provides a corridor to reach lesions of the tentorial incisura and supratentorial lesions of the posterior medial basal temporal lobe, such as lesions of the posterior parahippocampal and fusiform gyri. The supracerebellar transtentorial approach obviates the need for either r