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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
This report presents a new surgical method and the results in 10 patients with petroclival meningiomas extending into the parasellar region (sphenopetroclival meningiomas). Minimal but effective extradural resection of the anterior petrous bone via a middle fossa craniotomy offered a direct view of the clival area with preservation of the temporal bridging veins and cochlear organs. The dural incision was extended anteriorly to Meckel's cave, and in cases with invasion of the cavernous sinus, Parkinson's triangle was enlarged by mobilization of the trigeminal nerve. This approach offered an excellent view from the mid-clivus to the cavernous sinus. Extra-as well as intradural tumor masses and dural attachments could be cleared under direct view of the pontine surface. The risk of injury to the lower cranial nerve and of retraction damage to the temporal lobe and brain stem were kept minimal by this approach. Total tumor resection was achieved in 7 patients, with no resultant mortality. Eight patients had a satisfactory postsurgical course, extraocular paresis being their main complaint. The extent of tumor resection depended on the degree of tumor adhesion to the carotid artery, and operative morbidity on the degree of tumor invasion of the brain stem. Of the 3 patients in whom subtotal tumor removal was achieved, only one experienced regrowth of the tumor and underwent a second operation during the follow-up period (6 months-6 years).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0148-396X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
869-75; discussion 875-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Cavernous Sinus, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Cranial Fossa, Posterior, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Cranial Nerve Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Meningeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Meningioma, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Tissue Adhesions, pubmed-meshheading:2067611-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Anterior transpetrosal-transtentorial approach for sphenopetroclival meningiomas: surgical method and results in 10 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article