Surgical management of a meningioma in the retrosellar region

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-220

  Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Samii, M ^a,b,c   Hakuba, A ^d   Dolenc, V V ^d  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Clivus; Meningioma; Retrosellar region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLIVUS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 0037237344     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-1053-z     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Al-Mefty O, Ayoubi S, Smith RR (1991) The petrosal approach: indications, technique, and results. Acta Neurochir (Wien) [Suppl] 53: 166-170
2. Dolenc VV, Skrap M, Sustersic J, Skrbec M, Morina A (1987) A transcavernous-transsellar approach to the basilar tip aneurysms. Br J Neurosurg 1: 251-259
3. Drake CG (1961) Bleeding aneurysm of the basilar artery: direct surgical management in four cases. J Neurosurg 18: 230-238
4. Fujitsu K, Kuwabara T (1985) Zygomatic approach for lesions in the interpeduncular cistern. J Neurosurg 62: 340-343
5. Hakuba A, Liu S, Nishimura S (1986) The orbitozygomatic infratemporal approach: a new surgical technique. Surg Neurol 26: 271-276
6. Hakuba A, Nishimura S, Jang BJ (1988) A combined retroauricular and preauricular transpetrosal approach to clivus meningiomas. Surg Neurol 30: 108-116
7. Hitselberger WE, House WF (1966) A combined approach to the cerebellopontine angle. Arch Otolaryngol 84: 267-285
8. Javed T, Sekhar LN (1991) Surgical management of clival meningiomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien) [Suppl] 53: 171-182
9. Kawase T, Shiobara R, Toya S (1991) Anterior transpetrosaltranstentorial approach for sphenopetroclival meningiomas: surgical method and results in 10 patients. Neurosurgery 28: 869-876
10. MacDonald JD, Antonelli P, Day AL (1998) The anterior subtemporal, medial transpetrosal approach to the upper basilar artery and ponto-mesencephalic junction. Neurosurgery 43: 84-89
11. Malis LI (1985) Surgical resection of tumors of the skull base. In: Wilkins RH, Rengachary SS (eds) Neurosurgery, vol 1. McGraw-Hil, New York, pp 1011-1021
12. Samii M, Ammirati M (1988) The combined supra-infratentorial presigmoid sinus avenue to the petro-clival region. Surgical technique and clinical applications. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 95: 6-12
13. Samii M, Carvalho GA, Tatagiba M, Matthies C, Vorkapic P (1996) Meningiomas of the tentorial notch: surgical anatomy and management. J Neurosurg 84: 375-381
14. Samii M, Tatagiba M (1992) Experience with 36 surgical cases of petroclival meningiomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 118: 27-32
15. Samii M, Tatagiba M, Carvalho GA (1999) Resection of large petroclival meningiomas by the simple retrosigmoid route. J Clin Neurosci 6(1): 27-30
16. Samii M, Tatagiba M, Carvalho GA (2000) Retrosigmoid intradural suprameatal approach to Meckel's cave and the middle fossa: surgical technique and outcome. J Neurosurg 92: 235-241
17. Sano K (1980) Temporo-polar approach to aneurysm of the basilar artery at and around the distal bifurcation: technical note. Neurol Res 2: 361-367
18. Sekhar LN, Samii M (1986) Petroclival and medial tentorial meningiomas. In: Scheunemann H et al (eds) Tumors of the skull base. Extra- and intracranial surgery of skull base tumors. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp 141-158
19. Shiokawa Y, Saito I, Aoki N, Mizutani H (1989) Zygomatic temporo-polar approach for basilar artery aneurysms. Neurosurgery 25: 793-797
20. Symon L (1982) Surgical approaches to the tentorial hiatus. Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 9: 69-112
21. Yasargil MG, Antic J, Lagica R, Jain KK, Hodosch RM, Smith RD (1976) Microsurgical pterional approach to aneurysms of the basilar bifurcation. Surg Neurol 6: 83-91
22. Yasargil MG, Mortara RW, Curcic M (1980) Meningiomas of basal posterior cranial fossa. Adv Techn Stand Neurosurg 7: 1-115