Highlights • In the current era of vestibular schwannoma surgery, the rate-limiting step to gross total resection, especially in tumors ≥3.0 centimeters, is the course and integrity of the facial…
Highlights • The complications associated with dealing with any intracranial space-occupying lesion are also inherent to intracranial infectious lesions. In addition, there are certain issues that need special mention. •…
Abstract To achieve optimal patient outcomes in brain tumor surgery, it is critical to know how to identify, manage and prevent common complications. From specific to broad, complications can be…
Highlights • The overall incidence of complications associated with primary brain tumor resection worldwide ranges from 20% to 35%. • These complications can be broadly divided into neurologic, regional, and…
Keywords carotid endarterectomy, complications, thrombosis, stroke, restenosis Highlights • Carotid endarterectomy is a safe, effective, and durable procedure with a complication rate approximating 2% to 4% in recent studies….
Highlights • The middle cranial fossa approach is a versatile skull base approach that is utilized to address small intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas, petroclival meningiomas, midbasilar/anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms, and…
Abstract Surgery within the posterior cranial fossa requires a detailed anatomic understanding of the relevant vascular and neural structures to minimize the risk of inadvertent injury. Dissection near or on…
Highlights • Watertight dural closure and careful wound closure in multiple layers are imperative to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leak and pseudomeningocele. • Avoid vascular or brainstem injury with sharp, midline…
Abstract Cerebral bypass is a technically demanding surgery that can be fraught with several complications, including donor vessel injury, intraoperative bypass occlusion, postoperative bypass occlusion, and hemorrhage. Several management strategies…
Abstract Cavernomas may arise everywhere in the Central Nervous System. These benign vascular lesions can be really harmful for the patient provoking death or severe neurological disability. Surgery is the…
