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The extended retrosigmoid approach for neoplastic lesions in the posterior fossa:
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Raza SM
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Neurosurg Rev
2011[Jan]; 34
(1
): 123-9
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Approaches to the cerebellar-pontine angle and petroclival region can be
challenging due to intervening eloquent neurovascular structures and cerebellar
retraction required to view this anatomic compartment with the standard
retrosigmoid technique. As previously described [11], the extended retrosigmoid
provides additional access to space ventral to the brainstem through mobilization
of the sigmoid sinus. We report our further experience and modifications of this
approach for neoplastic pathology. The standard craniotomy is utilized, and the
burr holes are placed slightly beyond the transverse sinus as well as the
transverse-sigmoid junction and down towards the foramen magnum, as low as
possible. Another burr hole is placed over the cerebral hemisphere to facilitate
the dural dissection below the bone flap and over the transverse and sigmoid
sinuses. We then perform a standard retrosigmoid craniotomy with a craniotome and
the transverse and sigmoid sinuses are skeletonized. Consequently, the sigmoid
sinus can then mobilized anteriorly to provide an unobstructed view in line with
the petrous bone, while exposure of the transverse sinus provides access to the
tentorium. Fifteen patients (March 2006-July 2008) underwent this approach to
manage neoplastic lesions, including five meningiomas, three schwannomas, one
epidermoid, and four intra-axial metastatic lesions. The nine extra-axial lesions
were predominantly in the cerebellar-pontine angle with extension medial to the
seventh/eighth nerve complex to the petroclival region. Gross total resection was
obtained in all patients. The primary complication due to the exposure was a
clinically asymptomatic sigmoid sinus thrombosis in one patient. Requiring a
fundamental change in the management of the venous sinuses, the extended
retrosigmoid craniotomy permits mobilization of the sigmoid and transverse
sinuses. In this process, the entire cerebellar-pontine angle extending from the
tentorium to the foramen magnum can be visualized with minimal cerebellar
retraction. This technical modification over the standard retrosigmoid approach
may provide a useful advantage to neurosurgeons dealing with these complex
lesions.