A posterolateral approach to the area of the craniovertebral transition
Shevelev, I.N.; Myshkin, O.A.
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 1999(1): 40-6; discussion 46-7
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8817 PMID: 10335580 Document Number: 502500
The paper presents a stepwise surgical technique of transcervical craniospinal posterolateral approach to the bulky processes of the craniovertebral region and the historical background. The access was modulated on cadavers (the head-neck region) in the project of a surgical intervention. In 1995-1998, clinical tests were made in 11 patients, 6 of whom had ventral craniospinal meningiomas, 2 cases had sand watch neuromas of the C2 root with extradural growth and 3 cases presented sand watch neurofibroma at the C1-C levels. The advantages and disadvantages of the approach are described.