Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, Table of Contents

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2018; 79(S 03): S239-S240
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1623525

Skull Base: Operative Videos

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Orbitopterional Approach for the Resection of a Suprasellar Craniopharyngioma: Adapting the Strategy to the Microsurgical and Pathologic Anatomy

Vincent Nguyen

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

²Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Jaafar Basma

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

²Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Paul Klimo

²Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Jeffrey Sorenson

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

²Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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L. Madison Michael II

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

²Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Keywords

Keywords

cisterns - internal carotid artery - optic nerve - opticocarotid - suprasellar - craniopharyngioma - orbitopterional

Fig. 1 Gross total resection of this suprasellar craniopharyngioma was achieved as demonstrated by these pre- and postoperative imaging studies.

Fig. 2 This suprasellar craniopharyngioma was gross totally resected through an orbitopterional approach, utilizing the optic and opticocarotid cisterns as corridors for attack. CN-III; cranial nerve III; ICA, internal carotid artery; ON, optic nerve.

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Fig. 1 Gross total resection of this suprasellar craniopharyngioma was achieved as demonstrated by these pre- and postoperative imaging studies.

Fig. 2 This suprasellar craniopharyngioma was gross totally resected through an orbitopterional approach, utilizing the optic and opticocarotid cisterns as corridors for attack. CN-III; cranial nerve III; ICA, internal carotid artery; ON, optic nerve.

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