Ultrasound-guided endoscopic endonasal resection of sellar and suprasellar craniopharyngiomas

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Optimal planning and minimally invasive surgical approach are essential to complete craniopharyngiomas (CP) resection with limited postoperative morbidity. Given the nature of craniopharyngioma recurrence, complete resection of the neoplasm is crucial. Since CP arise from the pituitary stalk and may grow anteriorly or laterally, some cases require an extended endonasal craniotomy. The extension of the craniotomy is crucial to expose the whole tumor and to make its dissection from the surrounding structures feasible. In order to guide the extension of the approach, the intraoperative use of ultrasound is helpful for the surgeons. The objective of this paper is to describe and to demonstrate the applicability of the utilization of intraoperative ultrasound (US) guidance

SUBMITTER: Finger G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990524 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature