Vascular Lesions of the Skull Base
Fig. 6.1 Microsurgical repair of intracavernous and pericavernous aneurysms Table 6.1 Microsurgical repair of giant aneurysms (≥2 cm) (1981–2016), 35-year summary, 230 cases Location of the aneurysms No. of cases…
Trauma Traumatic Injuries of the Skull Base
Region Localisation Region I Anterior wall of the frontal sinus Region II a Lamina cribrosa Region II b Roof of the ethmoid bone Region III a Roof of the sphenoid…
Therapeutical Principles in the Treatment of Skull Base Pathologies
Fig. 3.1 Multimodal neuroradiological diagnostics in the case of a 56-year-old patient with left-sided progressive visual disorder due to compression of the left optic nerve by a complex ICA aneurysm….
Congenital Disorders of the Skull Base
Fig. 7.1 Chiari malformation type I in a T2-weighted sagittal MR image with inferior displacement of the cerebellar tonsil down to the level between the foramen magnum and atlas as…
Clinical Anatomy
Fig. 2.1 Foramina of the osseous skull base specifying the pervading neurovascular structures Fig. 2.2 Overview of the anterior-middle fossa junction and components: 1 planum sphenoidale, 2 limbus sphenoidale, 3…
Introduction into Skull Base Surgery
Fig. 1.1 MRI with contrast in the axial a, sagittal b, and coronal plane c shows a tumour mass with contrast enhancement in the right pterygopalatine fossa that was suspected…
Future Developments in Skull Base Surgery
Fig. 8.1 Head-mounted display for a 3D experience of surgical navigation image data There is a general recognisable change of paradigms in the learning of the young generation that has…
Vascular Surgery
Grade Clinical symptoms I Asymptomatic or mild headache with minimal nuchal rigidity II Moderate or severe degree of headache and nuchal rigidity and no neurologic deficit other than cranial nerve…
Supratentorial Vascular Anatomy
Fig. 3.3 Anterior choroidal artery and lenticulostriate arteries. These are best seen here without overlap from branches of the middle cerebral artery in a patient with complete occlusion of the MCA…
