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Corvino S, Kassam A, Piazza A, Corrivetti F, Spiriev T, Colamaria A, Cirrottola G, Cavaliere C, Esposito F, Cavallo LM, Iaconetta G, de Notaris M. Open-door extended endoscopic transorbital technique to the paramedian anterior and middle cranial fossae: technical notes, anatomomorphometric quantitative analysis, and illustrative case. Neurosurg Focus 2024; 56:E7. [PMID: 38560942 DOI: 10.3171/2024.1.focus23838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The superior eyelid endoscopic transorbital approach (SETOA) provides a direct and short minimally invasive route to the anterior and middle skull base. Nevertheless, it uses a narrow corridor that limits its angles of attack. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of an "extended" conservative variant of the "standard" endoscopic transorbital approach-termed "open-door"-to enhance the exposure of lesions affecting the paramedian aspect of the anterior and middle cranial fossae. METHODS First, the authors described the technical nuances of the open-door extended transorbital approach (ODETA). Next, they documented its morphometric advantages over standard SETOA. Finally, they provided a clinical-anatomical application to demonstrate enhanced exposure and better angles of attack to treat lesions occupying the paramedian anterior and middle cranial fossae. Five adult cadaveric specimens (10 sides) initially underwent standard SETOA and then extended open-door SETOA (ODETA to the paramedian anterior and middle fossae). The adjunct of hinge-orbitotomy, through three surgical steps and straddling the frontozygomatic suture, converted conventional SETOA to its extended open-door variant. CT scans were performed before dissection and uploaded to the neuronavigation system for quantitative analysis. The angles of attack on the axial plane that addressed four key landmarks, namely the tip of the anterior clinoid process (ACP), foramen rotundum (FR), foramen ovale (FO), and trigeminal impression (TI), were calculated for both operative techniques and compared. RESULTS Hinge-orbitotomy of the extended open-door SETOA resulted in several surgical, functional, and esthetic advantages: it provided wider axial angles of attack for each of the target points, with a gain angle of 26.68° ± 1.31° for addressing the ACP (p < 0.001), 29.50° ± 2.46° for addressing the FR (p < 0.001), 19.86° ± 1.98° for addressing the FO (p < 0.001), and 17.44° ± 2.21° for addressing the lateral aspect of the TI (p < 0.001), while hiding the skin scar, avoiding temporalis muscle dissection, preserving flap vascularization, and decreasing the rate of bone infection and degree of orbital content retraction. CONCLUSIONS The extended open-door technique may be specifically suited for selected patients affected by paramedian anterior and middle fossae lesions, with prevalent anteromedial extension toward the anterior clinoid, the foremost compartment of the cavernous sinus and FR and not completely controlled with the pure endoscopic transorbital approach.
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- Sergio Corvino
- 1Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Naples, Italy
- 2Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, PhD Program in Neuroscience, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Naples, Italy
- 3Laboratory of Neuroanatomy, EBRIS Foundation, European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, Italy
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- 4Department of Neurosciences, Intent Medical Group, Northshore University Neurosciences Institute, Arlington Heights, Illinois
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- 3Laboratory of Neuroanatomy, EBRIS Foundation, European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, Italy
- 5Department of Neurosurgery, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
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- 3Laboratory of Neuroanatomy, EBRIS Foundation, European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, Italy
- 6Department of Neurosurgery, San Luca Hospital, Vallo della Lucania, Salerno, Italy
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- 7Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem City Clinic University Hospital Tokuda, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- 1Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Naples, Italy
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- 1Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Naples, Italy
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- 10Neurosurgical Clinic A.O.U. "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno, Italy
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- 3Laboratory of Neuroanatomy, EBRIS Foundation, European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, Italy
- 10Neurosurgical Clinic A.O.U. "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno, Italy
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Messina R, Cirrottola G, Tacconi L, Guyotat J, Signorelli F. Pituitary Stalk Hemangioblastoma: Complete Resection through Orbitozygomatic Approach with Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2022; 83:e661-e662. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/10/2022] Open
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Background Pituitary stalk hemangioblastomas (PSHBLs) are rare vascular tumors and their surgical removal is challenging due to the proximity with several fundamental anatomic structures including the pituitary stalk, third ventricle, hypothalamus, and optic pathways. To date, only few descriptions of transcranial and transsphenoidal approaches for PSHBLs have been reported in the literature and none in video, with suboptimal outcomes in terms of pituitary function preservation. Here, we describe the use of orbitozygomatic (OZ) craniotomy with extradural anterior clinoidectomy (EAC) for the removal of a PSHBL with preservation of the pituitary stalk.
Case Description A 60-year-old woman with a sporadic symptomatic HBL of the pituitary stalk, with the typical features of avid contrast enhancement on T1- and flow voids on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images, underwent a right OZ craniotomy with EAC. The choice of the approach was guided by the necessity of exposing the floor of the 3rd ventricle and infundibulum, where the origin of the pituitary stalk is better appreciated and preserved, without brain retraction. EAC was deemed important due to the necessity of widening the right carotico-oculomotor and opticocarotid triangles and gaining access to the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery, origin of the superior hypophyseal artery, and the tumor supply. The postoperative MRI confirmed gross tumor removal with preservation of the pituitary stalk and no tumor recurrence after 2 years of follow-up.
Conclusion OZ craniotomy coupled with EAC facilitates surgical removal of PSHBLs thus augmenting the chances of pituitary function preservation.The link to the video can be found at https://youtu.be/hH65W937RGY.
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- Raffaella Messina
- Division of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Groupement Hospitalier Est, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical “P. Wertheimer”, Service de Neurochirurgie D, Lyon, France
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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