Microsurgery is a branch of surgery in which intricate operations are performed through highly refined operating microscopes using miniaturized precision instruments such as forceps and scissors. This extensively illustrated atlas covers the normal microsurgical anatomy of the central skull base as well as the pathological anatomy of the tumorous and vascular lesions of this region. The book gives a detailed description of the contemporary approaches to the individual pathologies in the central skull base which have evolved since the 1980s and represent the summary of the experience gained by the author through continuous neuroanatomy laboratory work as well as in performing over 1500 operations in the region.