Preservation of function in vestibular schwannoma surgery

A Gharabaghi, A Samii, A Koerbel… - Operative …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Abstract THE MANAGEMENT AND surgical technique for microsurgical tumor removal of
vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuroma) with the suboccipital retrosigmoid approach …

Contemporary analysis of the intraoperative and perioperative complications of neurosurgical procedures performed in the sitting position

BT Himes, GW Mallory, AS Abcejo, J Pasternak… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Historically, performing neurosurgery with the patient in the sitting position
offered advantages such as improved visualization and gravity-assisted retraction. However …

Localization of transverse-sigmoid sinus junction using preoperative 3D computed tomography: application in retrosigmoid craniotomy

L Xia, M Zhang, Y Qu, M Ren, H Wang, H Zhang… - Neurosurgical …, 2012 - Springer
In retrosigmoid craniotomy, neurosurgeons usually depend on surface landmarks and their
experience to evaluate the position of transverse-sigmoid sinus junction (TSSJ) and place …

Image-guided surgical planning using anatomical landmarks in the retrosigmoid approach

EB da Silva, AG Leal, JB Milano, LFM da Silva… - Acta …, 2010 - Springer
Objective The suboccipital lateral or retrosigmoid approach is the main neurosurgical
approach to the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). It is mainly used in the treatment of CPA …

Anatomical relationship between cranial surface landmarks and venous sinus in posterior cranial fossa using CT angiography

B Sheng, F Lv, Z Xiao, Y Ouyang, F Lv, J Deng… - Surgical and radiologic …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of applying conventional
anatomical landmarks to locate venous sinus in posterior fossa using subtraction computed …

Electromagnetic navigation-guided surgery in the semi-sitting position for posterior fossa tumours: a safety and feasibility study

EJ Hermann, I Petrakakis, M Polemikos, P Raab… - Acta …, 2015 - Springer
Background Electromagnetic (EM)-guided neuronavigation is an innovative technique and a
viable alternative to opto-electric navigation. We have performed a safety and feasibility …

Piezosurgery—A safe technique to perform lateral suboccipital craniotomy?

J Grauvogel, W Masalha, DH Heiland… - Operative …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Piezosurgery—A Safe Technique to Perform Lateral Suboccipita... : Operative Neurosurgery
Piezosurgery—A Safe Technique to Perform Lateral Suboccipital Craniotomy? : Operative …

Determination of the keyhole position in a lateral suboccipital retrosigmoid approach

Y Teranishi, M Kohno, S Sora, H Sato - Neurologia medico …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Appropriate placement of the keyhole at the transverse and sigmoid sinus (T/S) junction is
important for performance of safe and accurate lateral suboccipital craniotomy with minimum …

Bony surface registration of navigation system in the lateral or prone position

T Ogiwara, T Goto, T Aoyama, A Nagm… - Acta …, 2015 - Springer
Background Navigation systems have become essential tools in neurosurgery. Precise
registration is indispensable for the accuracy of navigation. The rapid and precise …

Validation of exposure visualization and audible distance emission for navigated temporal bone drilling in phantoms

EHJ Voormolen, PA Woerdeman, M van Stralen… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background A neuronavigation interface with extended function as compared with current
systems was developed to aid during temporal bone surgery. The interface, named EVADE …