Ewha Med J.  1993 Sep;16(3):293-299. 10.12771/emj.1993.16.3.293.

Transcondylar Approach to Skull Base Lesions

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  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

The author reports the experiences of the transcondylar approaches to five meningiomas in the low clivus and foramen magnum, two aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and one cavernous angioma in the pontomedullary area. The results show that there, was no operative mortality and minimal operative morbidity was noted ; one patient has temporary oropharyngeal dysfunction. The main advantage of this approach of offers the best direct view of the ventral structures to low clivus and foramen magnum without additinal retraction or manipulation of the brain stem.


MeSH Terms

Aneurysm
Arteries
Brain Stem
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Foramen Magnum
Hemangioma, Cavernous
Humans
Meningioma
Mortality
Skull Base*
Skull*
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