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…
Highlights • The main goal of all skull base approaches, whether microscopic or endoscopic, is to minimize the brain retraction by optimum bone resection. • The common complications of skull…
Highlights • Careful patient selection, meticulous microsurgical technique, refined surgical strategy, and high-volume operative experience with arteriovenous malformations is key to prevent complications during microsurgical arteriovenous malformation resection. • Intraoperative…
Abstract Treatment of vasospasm associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage can be complex and fraught with potential complications. The long-time course requires continual diligence to avoid these complications. At present, no…
