Minimally invasive keyhole techniques for resection of giant intracranial tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While keyhole neurosurgery is increasingly utilized in the operating room, there are few reports regarding the use of keyhole techniques to resect giant intracranial tumors. The feasibility and technique of that were discussed in this paper.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 95 consecutive patients who were admitted to our service between February 2012 and September 2017 with a maximum intracranial tumor diameter >5 cm. Keyhole approaches were used to resect these tumors in each case, including supraorbital, subtemporal, suboccipital, retromastoid, frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal, pterional, a combined temporo-parietal keyhole approach, and an approach via the longitudinal fissure.

Results

We achieved gross total resection in 68/95 cases (71.6%) an

SUBMITTER: Lan Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9354442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature