Custom-tailored transdural anterior transpetrosal approach to ventral pons and retroclival regions

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-46

  Steiger, Hans Jakob ^a   Hänggi, Daniel ^b   Stummer, Walter ^b   Winkler, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior petrosectomy; Basilar artery trunk aneurysm; Microsurgical anatomy; Pontine cavernoma; Skull base approach; Subtemporal approach; Transpetrosal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROSURGERY; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSDURAL ANTERIOR PETROSECTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644508030     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.1.38     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aurbach G, Wigand ME: Chirurgisch-anatomische Orientierungshilfen fur den erweiterten transtemporalen Zugang zum Kleinhirnbruckenwinkel. HNO 35:381-389, 1987
2. Aziz KM, van Loveren HR, Tew JM Jr, Chicoine MR: The Kawase approach to retrosellar and upper clival basilar aneurysms. Neurosurgery 44:1225-1236, 1999
3. Day JD, Fukushima T, Giannotta SL: Microanatomical study of the extradural middle fossa approach to the petroclival and posterior cavernous sinus region: description of the rhomboid construct. Neurosurgery 34:1009-1016, 1994
4. Harsh GR IV, Sekhar LN: The subtemporal, transcavernous, anterior transpetrosal approach to the upper brain stem and clivus. J Neurosurg 77:709-717, 1992
5. Hitselberger WE, House WF: A combined approach to the cerebellopontine angle. A suboccipital-petrosal approach. Arch Otolaryngol 84:267-285, 1966
6. Horgan MA, Anderson GJ, Kellogg JX, Schwartz MS, Spektor S, McMenomey SO, et al: Classification and quantification of the petrosal approach to the petroclival region. J Neurosurg 93:108-112, 2000
7. House WF: Middle cranial fossa approach to the petrous pyramid. Report of 50 cases. Arch Otolaryngol 78:460-469, 1963
8. House WF, De la Cruz A, Hitselberger WE: Surgery of the skull base: transcochlear approach to the petrous apex and clivus. Otolaryngology 86:770-779, 1978
9. House WF, Hitselberger WE: The transcochlear approach to the skull base. Arch Otolaryngol 102:334-342, 1976
10. House WF, Hitselberger WE, Horn KL: The middle fossa transpetrous approach to the anterior-superior cerebellopontine angle. Am J Otol 7:1-4, 1986
11. Kartush JM, Kemink JL, Graham MD: The arcuate eminence. Topographic orientation in middle cranial fossa surgery. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 94:25-28, 1985
12. Kawase T, Bertalanffy H, Otani M, Shiobara R, Toya S: Surgical approaches for vertebro-basilar trunk aneurysms located in the midline. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 138:402-410, 1996
13. Kawase T, Shiobara R, Toya S: Anterior transpetrosal-transtentorial approach for sphenopetroclival meningiomas: surgical method and results in 10 patients. Neurosurgery 28:869-876, 1991
14. Kawase T, Toya S, Shiobara R, Mine T: Transpetrosal approach for aneurysms of the lower basilar artery. J Neurosurg 63:857-861, 1985
15. Knosp E, Tschabitscher M, Matula C, Koos WT: Modifications of temporal approaches: anatomical aspects of a microneurosurgical approach. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 53:159-165, 1991
16. Koperna T, Tschabitscher M, Knosp E: The termination of the vein of "Labbe" and its microsurgical significance. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 118:172-175, 1992
17. Kronenberg J, Bendet E, Findler G, Roth Y: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorhinorrhoea following vestibular schwannoma surgery treated by extended subtotal petrosectomy with obliteration. J Laryngol Otol 107:1122-1124, 1993
18. Leblanc A: Encephalo-Peripheral Nervous System. Vascularization, Anatomy, Imaging, ed 2. Berlin: Springer, 2001, pp 210-249
19. MacDonald JD, Antonelli P, Day AL: The anterior subtemporal, medial transpetrosal approach to the upper basilar artery and ponto-mesencephalic junction. Neurosurgery 43:84-89, 1998
20. Megerian CA, Chiocca EA, McKenna MJ, Harsh GF IV, Ojemann RG: The subtemporal-transpetrous approach for excision of petroclival tumors. Am J Otol 17:773-779, 1996
21. Miller CG, van Loveren HR, Keller JT, Pensak M, el-Kalliny M, Tew JM Jr: Transpetrosal approach: surgical anatomy and technique. Neurosurgery 33:461-469, 1993
22. Miller RS, Pensak ML: The superior petrosal triangle as a constant anatomical landmark for subtemporal middle fossa orientation. Laryngoscope 113:1327-1331, 2003
23. Seifert V, Raabe A, Zimmermann M: Conservative (labyrinth-preserving) transpetrosal approach to the clivus and petroclival region - indications, complications, results and lessons learned. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 145:631-642, 2003
24. Sekhar LN, Kalia KK, Yonas H, Wright DC, Ching H: Cranial base approaches to intracranial aneurysms in the subarachnoid space. Neurosurgery 35:472-483, 1994
25. Sennaroglu L, Slattery WH III: Petrous anatomy for middle fossa approach. Laryngoscope 113:332-342, 2003
26. Slater PW, Welling DB, Goodman JH, Miner ME: Middle fossa transpetrosal approach for petroclival and brainstem tumors. Laryngoscope 108:1408-1412, 1998
27. Sure U, Alberti O, Petermeyer M, Becker R, Bertalanffy H: Advanced image-guided skull base surgery. Surg Neurol 53:563-572, 2000
28. Van Havenbergh T, Koekelkoren E, De Ridder D, Van De Heyning P, Verlooy J: Image guided surgery for petrous apex lesions. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 145:737-742, 2003
29. Vougioukas VI, Hubbe U, Schipper J, Spetzger U: Navigated transoral approach to the cranial base and the craniocervical junction: technical note. Neurosurgery 52:247-251, 2003
30. Wascher TM, Spetzler RF, Zabramski JM: Improved transdural exposure and temporary occlusion of the petrous internal carotid artery for cavernous sinus surgery. Technical note. J Neurosurg 78:834-837, 1993