Quantitative description of the far-lateral transcondylar transtubercular approach to the foramen magnum and clivus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 824-831

  Spektor, Sergey ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a   McMenomey, Sean O ^a   Horgan, Michael A ^a   Kellogg, Jordi X ^a   Delashaw Jr , Johnny B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clivus; Far lateral approach; Foramen magnum; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIECTOMY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034094824     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0824     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Açikbaş SC, Tuncer R, Demirez I, et al: The effect of condylectomy on extreme lateral transcondylar approach to the anterior foramen magnum. Acta Neurochir 139:546-550, 1997
2. Al-Mefty O, Borba LAB, Aoki N, et al: The transcondylar approach to extradural nonneoplastic lesions of the craniovertebral junction. J Neurosurg 84:1-6, 1996
3. Anson JA, Spetzler RF: Endarterectomy of the intradural vertebral artery via the far lateral approach. Neurosurgery 33: 804-811, 1993
4. Arnold H, Sepehrnia A: Extreme lateral transcondylar approach. J Neurosurg 82:313-314, 1995 (Letter)
5. Babu RP, Sekhar LN, Wright DC: Extreme lateral transcondylar approach: technical improvements and lessons learned. J Neurosurg 81:49-59, 1994
6. Baldwin HZ, Miller CG, van Loveren HR, et al: The far lateral/ combined supra- and infratentorial approach. A human cadaveric prosection model for routes of access to the petroclival region and ventral brain stem. J Neurosurg 81:60-68, 1994
7. Bertalanffy H, Seeger W: The dorsolateral, suboccipital, transcondylar approach to the lower clivus and anterior portion of the craniocervical junction. Neurosurgery 29:815-821, 1991
8. Couldwell WT, Fukushima T, Giannotta SL, et al: Petroclival meningiomas: surgical experience in 109 cases. J Neurosurg 84:20-28, 1996
9. Day JD, Fukushima T, Giannotta SL: Cranial base approaches to posterior circulation aneurysms. J Neurosurg 87:544-554, 1997
10. Day JD, Giannotta SL, Fukushima T: USC Manual for Skull Base Dissection. Los Angeles: University of Southern California Center for Dissection of the Skull Base, 1991, p 102
11. de Oliveira E, Rhoton AL Jr, Peace D: Microsurgical anatomy of the region of the foramen magnum. Surg Neurol 24: 293-352, 1985
12. Fukushima T: Commentary on Hosoda K, Fujita S. Kawaguchi T, et al: A transcondylar approach to the arteriovenous malformation at the ventral cervicomedullary junction: report of three cases. Neurosurgery 34:753, 1994
13. Gay E, Sekhar LN, Rubinstein E, et al: Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the cranial base: results and follow-up of 60 patients. Neurosurgery 36:887-897, 1995
14. George B, Dematons C, Cophignon J: Lateral approach to the anterior portion of the foramen magnum. Application to surgical removal of 14 benign tumors: technical note. Surg Neurol 29:484-490, 1988
15. George B, Lot G: Lateral approaches, in Janeka IP, Tiedemann K (eds): Skull Base Surgery: Anatomy, Biology, and Technology. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997, pp 243-260
16. Gilsbach JM, Eggert HR, Seeger W: The dorsolateral approach in ventrolateral craniospinal lesions, in Voth D, Glees P (eds): Diseases in the Cranio-Cervical Junction: Anatomical and Pathological Aspects and Detailed Clinical Accounts. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1987, pp 359-364
17. Hakuba A, Tsujimoto T: Transcondyle approach for foramen magnum meningiomas, in Sekhar LN, Janecka IP (eds): Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors. New York: Raven Press, 1993, pp 671-678
18. Heros RC: Lateral suboccipital approach for vertebral and vertebrobasilar artery lesions. J Neurosurg 64:559-562, 1986
19. Hosoda K, Fujita S, Kawaguchi T, et al: A transcondylar approach to the arteriovenous malformation at the ventral cervico-medullary junction: report of three cases. Neurosurgery 34: 748-753, 1994
20. Katsuta T, Rhoton AL Jr, Matsushima T: The jugular foramen: microsurgical anatomy and operative approaches. Neurosurgery 41:149-202, 1997
21. Kratimenos GP, Crockard HA: The far lateral approach for ventrally placed foramen magnum and upper cervical spine tumours. Br J Neurosurg 7:129-140, 1993
22. Lang DA, Neil-Dwyer G, Iannotti F: The suboccipital transcondylar approach to the clivus and cranio-cervical junction for ventrally placed pathology at and above the foramen magnum. Acta Neurochir 125:132-137, 1995
23. Lawton MT, Daspit CP, Spetzler RF: Technical aspects and recent trends in management of large and giant midbasilar artery aneurysms. Neurosurgery 41:513-521, 1997
24. Lin DS, Anderson GJ, Connor WE, et al: Effect of dietary N-3 fatty acids upon the phospholipid molecular species of the monkey retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 35:794-803, 1994
25. Origitano TC, Anderson DE, Tarassoli Y, et al: Skull base approaches to complex cerebral aneurysms. Surg Neurol 40: 339-346, 1993
26. Patel SJ, Sekhar LN, Cass SP, et al: Combined approaches for resection of extensive glomus jugulare tumors. A review of 12 cases. J Neurosurg 80:1026-1038, 1994
27. Perneczky A: The posterolateral approach to the foramen magnum, in Samii M (ed): Surgery in and Around the Brain Stem and the Third Ventricle. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1986, pp 460-466
28. Seeger W: Atlas of Topographical Anatomy of the Brain and Surrounding Structures. Vienna: Springer-Verlag, 1978, pp 486-489
29. Sekhar LN, Kalia KK, Yonas H, et al: Cranial base approaches to intracranial aneurysms in the subarachnoid space. Neurosurgery 35:472-483, 1994
30. Sen CN, Sekhar LN: An extreme lateral approach to intradural lesions of the cervical spine and foramen magnum. Neurosurgery 27:197-204, 1990
31. Sen CN, Sekhar LN: Extreme lateral approach to intradural lesions of the cervical spine and foramen magnum. Neurosurgery 28:779, 1991 (Letter)
32. Sen CN, Sekhar LN: Extreme lateral transcondylar and transjugular approaches, in Sekhar LN, Janecka IP (eds): Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors. New York: Raven Press, 1993, pp 389-411
33. Seyfried DM, Rock JP: The transcondylar approach to the jugular foramen: a comparative anatomic study. Surg Neurol 42: 265-271, 1994
34. Spetzler RF, Graham TW: The far-lateral approach to the inferior clivus and the upper cervical region. Technical note. BNI Q 6:35-38, 1990
35. Tedeschi H, Rhoton AL Jr: Lateral approaches to the petroclival region. Surg Neurol 41:180-216, 1994
36. Tuite GF, Crockard HA: Far lateral approach to the foramen magnum, in Torrens M, Al-Mefty O, Kobayashi S (eds): Operative Skull Base Surgery. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1997, pp 333-346
37. Wen HT, Rhoton AL Jr, Katsuta T, et al: Microsurgical anatomy of the transcondylar, supracondylar, and paracondylar extensions of the far-lateral approach. J Neurosurg 87:555-585, 1997