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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2018; 79(S 03): S251
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625968
Skull Base: Operative Videos
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Combined Interhemispheric and Transsylvian Approach for Resection of Craniopharyngioma

Tomohiro Inoue
1   Department of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
,
Hideaki Ono
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Fuji Brain Institute and Hospital, Fujinomiya Shi, Japan
,
Akira Tamura
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Fuji Brain Institute and Hospital, Fujinomiya Shi, Japan
,
Isamu Saito
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Fuji Brain Institute and Hospital, Fujinomiya Shi, Japan
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20 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

We present a 37-year-old male case of cystic suprasellar huge craniopharyngioma, who presented with significant memory disturbance due to obstructive hydrocephalus. Combined interhemispheric and pterional approach was chosen to resect huge suprasellar tumor. Interhemispheric trans-lamina terminalis approach was quite effective to resect third ventricular tumor, while pterional approach was useful to dissect tumor out of basilar perforators and stalk.

The link to the video can be found at: https://youtu.be/BoYIPa96kdo.

Keywords

interhemispheric approach - lamina terminalis - pterional approach - craniopharyngioma