Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Neurosciences, Center for Neuroscience Service and Research, University Sciences Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg, 2017 Mar;78(2):210-215.
PMID: 26968147 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1571161

Abstract

Symptomatic intracranial arachnoid cysts are commonly treated using neuroendoscopy. Cysts located within the posterior fossa may present a greater surgical challenge to the neurosurgeon due to the numerous vital neurovascular structures located within this confined space. Adding neuronavigation during endoscopy helps a neurosurgeon to visualize and utilize both anterior and posterior corridors safely to access and manage these lesions. We present three symptomatic posterior fossa arachnoid cysts that were treated successfully using minimally invasive neuronavigation-guided endoscopic neurosurgery utilizing the anterior transfrontal transaqueductal, anterior transfrontal transtrigonal, and posterior suboccipital infratentorial supracerebellar approaches.

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