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. 2015 Sep 9;31(10):1739–1750. doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-2747-x

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Fig. 1 — Posterior fossa craniotomy for CPA tumors. a A hockey stick incision with a midline incision from C2 spinous process level with an upper lateral incision extending toward the base of mastoid process. b A surgical photograph showing a posterior fossa craniotomy of bilateral occipital bone with the ipsilateral side wider, extending to just medial to the sigmoid sinus. A dashed line indicates the sagittal midline. Note the craniotomy crosses the foramen magnum (arrow)