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Marani W, Mannará F, Noda K, Kondo T, Ota N, Perrini P, Montemurro N, Kinoshita Y, Tsuji S, Kamiyama H, Tanikawa R. Management of an Uncommon Complication: Anterior Choroidal Artery Occlusion by Posterior Clinoid Process Detected Through Intraoperative Monitoring After Clipping of Paraclinoid Aneurysm: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2021; 21:E124-E125. [PMID: 33861341 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opab113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite technological advances in endovascular therapy, surgical clipping of paraclinoid aneurysms remains an indispensable treatment option and has an acceptable profile risk. Intraoperative monitoring of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials has proven to be an effective tool in predicting and preventing postoperative motor deficits during aneurysm clipping.1,2 We describe the case of a 61-yr-old Japanese woman with a history of hypertension and smoking. During follow-up for bilateral aneurysms of ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA), left-sided aneurysm growth was detected. A standard pterional approach with extradural clinoidectomy was used to approach the aneurysm. After clipping, a significant intraprocedural change in motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude was observed despite native vessel patency was confirmed through micro-Doppler and indocyanine green video angiography.3-5 After extensive dissection of the sylvian fissure and exposure of the communicating segment of ICA, the anterior choroidal artery was found to be compressed and occluded by the posterior clinoid because of an inadvertent shift of the ICA after clip application and removal of brain retractors. Posterior clinoidectomy was performed intradurally with microrongeur and MEP amplitude returned readily to baseline values. Computed tomography (CT) angiogram demonstrated complete exclusion of the aneurysm, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was negative for postoperative ischemic lesions on diffusion weighted images. The patient tolerated the procedure well and was discharged home on postoperative day 3 with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0. The patient signed the Institutional Consent Form to undergo the surgical procedure and to allow the use of her images and videos for any type of medical publications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Walter Marani
- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy.,Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy.,Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Far East Neurosurgical Institute, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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de Notaris M, Laleva L, Spiriev T, Dallan I, Di Nuzzo G, Pineda J, Prats-Galino A, Catapano G. Frontolateral Approach Combined with Endoscopic Endonasal Extradural Posterior Clinoidectomy to the Upper Clival Region: Anatomic and Feasibility Study. World Neurosurg 2017; 111:86-93. [PMID: 29269065 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surgical management of lesions located in the upper clival region is challenging. Complex open transcranial approaches have been used to reach surgical targets in these areas. The frontotemporozygomatic approach combined with an intradural posterior clinoidectomy has been proposed as the most reliable route to manage such lesions. We investigated combining a minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal extradural posterior clinoidectomy (EPC) with a standard frontolateral approach to expand the working area within the upper clival region. METHODS Investigators dissected 10 human cadaveric heads at the Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy of the University of Barcelona. The heads were positioned to simulate a supine position, enabling the simultaneous use of both endonasal and frontolateral routes. The dissections were divided into 3 steps-standard frontolateral approach, EPC, and re-evaluation of the frontolateral route-aiming to compare the surgical exposure before and after EPC. RESULTS After EPC, through the frontolateral pathway it was possible to improve visualization and working angles to the interpeduncular fossa and retrosellar and upper clival regions. Increase in extension of the carotid-oculomotor window was 7 mm and 10 mm before and after the posterior clinoidectomy, respectively. CONCLUSIONS EPC provided extra working space for the frontolateral approach to the upper clival area with 42.8% expansion of the carotid-oculomotor triangle. Surgical series are needed to demonstrate clinical advantages and disadvantages of this novel combined approach.
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- Matteo de Notaris
- Department of Neuroscience, "G. Rummo" Hospital, Neurosurgery Operative Unit, Benevento, Italy.
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- Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinic Tokuda Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Neuroscience, "G. Rummo" Hospital, Neurosurgery Operative Unit, Benevento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, University of Barcelona Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, University of Barcelona Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, "G. Rummo" Hospital, Neurosurgery Operative Unit, Benevento, Italy
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The posterior clinoid process, a bony prominence at the superolateral aspect of the dorsum sellae, has a strategic importance in a transcavernous approach to basilar tip aneurysms. To further optimize this microsurgical technique during posterior clinoidectomy, we performed a cadaveric study of this regional anatomy, describe a technique called dural tailoring, and report initial results in the surgical treatment of upper basilar artery (BA) aneurysm. After 10 adult cadaver heads (silicone-injected) were prepared for dissection, a posterior clinoidectomy with dural tailoring was performed. The dura overlying the upper clivus was coagulated with bipolar electrocoagulation and incised. Stripping dura off the clivus and lateral reflection then exposed the ipsilateral posterior clinoid process and dorsum sellae, thus creating a dural flap. Posterior clinoidectomy with dural tailoring was then used in seven patients with upper BA aneurysms. Our stepwise modification of the posterior clinoidectomy with dural tailoring created a flap that afforded protection of the cavernous sinus and oculomotor nerve. During surgery, there were no recorded intraoperative injuries to neurovascular structures. One patient died postoperatively from morbidity related to severe-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage. Postoperative oculomotor nerve palsy occurred in 3 patients (43%). In all cases, the nerve was anatomically preserved and partial to complete recovery was recorded during the first postoperative year. This technique effectively provided exposure of retrosellar upper basilar aneurysms in seven patients (basilar tip 43% and superior cerebellar artery aneurysms 57%). Outcomes and safety are at least equivalent to or better than basilar aneurysm surgery performed without surgical adjuncts, presumably a less complex subset.
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- A Samy Youssef
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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