The Ipsilateral Interhemispheric Transprecuneal Approach to the Atrium: Technical Considerations and Clinical Outcome on a Series of 7 Patients

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 1453
• Main Authors: Pescatori, Lorenzo, Tropeano, Maria Pia, Torregrossa, Fabio, Grasso, Giovanni, Ciappetta, Pasqualino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 27.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Atrium; Cerebral hemispheres; Choroid plexus; Dissection; Drug resistance; Headache; Headaches; interhemispheric approach; intraventricular tumor; Meningioma; Metastases; Papilloma; Patients; Seizures; Substantia alba; superior longitudinal fasciculus; Surgery; surgical management; Tumors; Vascularization; Ventricle; Ventricles (cerebral); Vision

Surgical removal of tumors of the atrium is challenging due to their deep location, vascularization, and to their complex three-dimensional relationships with the highly functional white matter fibers of the region. To assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of the ipsilateral interhemispheric...