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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Middle fossa transpetrosal approach for petroclival and brainstem tumors
Beteiligte:
Slater, Patrick W.;
Welling, D. Bradley;
Goodman, Joseph H.;
Miner, Michael E.
Erschienen:
Wiley, 1998
Erschienen in:The Laryngoscope
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1097/00005537-199809000-00030
ISSN:
0023-852X;
1531-4995
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Objective</jats:italic>: The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the utility of the middle fossa transpetrosal approach with anterior petrosectomy for difficult‐to‐access petroclival and pontine lesions. <jats:italic>Study Design</jats:italic>: Retrospective case review in academic tertiary referral center. <jats:italic>Methods</jats:italic>: Patients for inclusion had pontine and prepontine lesions of the petroclival region. Middle fossa transpetrosal approach with anterior petrosectomy with excision or biopsy of the lesion was performed. The main outcome measure was postoperative neurologic status including motor and cranial nerve function. <jats:italic>Results</jats:italic>: No patient experienced neuromuscular compromise or cranial nerve deficits as a direct result of the surgical procedure. Complications consisted of a subdural temporal lobe hemorrhage and one case of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. <jats:italic>Conclusions</jats:italic>: The middle fossa transpetrosal approach with anterior petrosectomy was utilized for five patients with petroclival or pontine tumors. In this small series, it served well to spare cranial nerves and allowed avoidance of serious vascular injury. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of this procedure for pontine venous angiomas.</jats:p>