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Contralateral Supraorbital Eyebrow Approach for Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma

Overview
Journal Acta Neurochir (Wien)
Specialty Neurosurgery
Date 2023 Jul 15
PMID 37452902
Authors
Kuntal Kanti Das
Kavindra Singh
Anant Mehrotra
Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal
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Abstract

Background: The main challenge in tuberculum sellae meningioma (TSM) resection is the safe dissection of the optic nerves, which many a times are compressed and distorted by the tumor. While intuitive, an approach from the side of predominant tumor extension makes tumor dissection from the medial surface of the ipsilateral optic nerve rather blind. We describe here a contralateral supraorbital eyebrow approach (c-SEA) to address this "blind spot."

Method: c-SEA was performed using a 2 × 2 cm craniotomy. The patient improved after surgery and postoperative imaging confirmed the totality of the tumor resection.

Conclusion: c-SEA can be an excellent minimally invasive option for asymmetric TSM.

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