Surgical Strategy in Modification of the Transpetrosal Approach to Avoid Postoperative Venous Complications: A Report of 74 Consecutive Cases.
Anterior petrosectomy
Combined petrosectomy
Complication
Skull base surgery
Transpetrosal approach
Venous complication
Venous drainage
Venous infarction
Journal
Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement
ISSN: 0065-1419
Titre abrégé: Acta Neurochir Suppl
Pays: Austria
ID NLM: 100962752
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2023
2023
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Résumé
The transpetrosal approach is a complex skull base procedure with a high risk of complications, particularly caused by injury of the venous system. It is in part related to variability of blood outflow pathways and their distinctive patterns in each individual patient. To evaluate outcomes and complications after skull base surgery with use of the petrosal approach modifications, which selection was based on the detailed preoperative assessment of venous drainage patterns. Overall, 74 patients, who underwent surgery via the transpetrosal approach at our institution between 2000 and 2017, were included in this study. In all cases, the venous drainage pattern was assessed preoperatively and categorized according to the predominant blood outflow pathway into four types as previously suggested by Hacker: (1) sphenoparietal sinus (SpPrt), (2) sphenobasal vein (SpB), (3) sphenopetrosal sinus (SpPS), and (4) cortical. The blood outflow through the bridging petrosal vein and the vein of Labbé was also taken into consideration. In patients with SpPrt- and a cortical-type venous drainage, the transpetrosal approach was used in a standard way. In patients with SpB-type venous drainage, limited extradural anterior petrosectomy was combined with intradural anterior petrosectomy after dural opening, superior petrosal sinus transection, tentorial cutting, Meckel's cave opening, and trigeminal nerve mobilization. In patients with SpPS-type venous drainage, after standard petrosectomy, dural opening, and tentorial cutting, SpPS ligation was done followed by 2-week interval before staged definitive tumor resection. Gross total, near-total, and subtotal resection of the lesion (meningioma, 48 cases; retrochiasmatic craniopharyngioma, 11 cases; brain stem cavernoma, 7 cases; other tumors, 8 cases) was achieved in 30 (40.5%), 24 (32.4%), and 20 (27.0%) patients, respectively. Postoperative complications that were possibly related to venous compromise were noted in 18 patients (24.3%), but neither one was major. Of these 18 patients, 9 were symptomatic, but all symptoms-aphasia (4 cases), seizures (2 cases), and confusion (3 cases)-fully resolved after conservative treatment. Overall, 13 patients, including 4 symptomatic, had signal changes on T2-weighted brain MRI, which were permanent only in 3 cases (all asymptomatic). Our suggested surgical strategy can be applied to any type of the venous drainage pattern. Preoperative evaluation and intraoperative preservation of the blood outflow pathways are crucial means for safe and effective application of the transpetrosal approach.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The transpetrosal approach is a complex skull base procedure with a high risk of complications, particularly caused by injury of the venous system. It is in part related to variability of blood outflow pathways and their distinctive patterns in each individual patient.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate outcomes and complications after skull base surgery with use of the petrosal approach modifications, which selection was based on the detailed preoperative assessment of venous drainage patterns.
METHODS
METHODS
Overall, 74 patients, who underwent surgery via the transpetrosal approach at our institution between 2000 and 2017, were included in this study. In all cases, the venous drainage pattern was assessed preoperatively and categorized according to the predominant blood outflow pathway into four types as previously suggested by Hacker: (1) sphenoparietal sinus (SpPrt), (2) sphenobasal vein (SpB), (3) sphenopetrosal sinus (SpPS), and (4) cortical. The blood outflow through the bridging petrosal vein and the vein of Labbé was also taken into consideration. In patients with SpPrt- and a cortical-type venous drainage, the transpetrosal approach was used in a standard way. In patients with SpB-type venous drainage, limited extradural anterior petrosectomy was combined with intradural anterior petrosectomy after dural opening, superior petrosal sinus transection, tentorial cutting, Meckel's cave opening, and trigeminal nerve mobilization. In patients with SpPS-type venous drainage, after standard petrosectomy, dural opening, and tentorial cutting, SpPS ligation was done followed by 2-week interval before staged definitive tumor resection.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Gross total, near-total, and subtotal resection of the lesion (meningioma, 48 cases; retrochiasmatic craniopharyngioma, 11 cases; brain stem cavernoma, 7 cases; other tumors, 8 cases) was achieved in 30 (40.5%), 24 (32.4%), and 20 (27.0%) patients, respectively. Postoperative complications that were possibly related to venous compromise were noted in 18 patients (24.3%), but neither one was major. Of these 18 patients, 9 were symptomatic, but all symptoms-aphasia (4 cases), seizures (2 cases), and confusion (3 cases)-fully resolved after conservative treatment. Overall, 13 patients, including 4 symptomatic, had signal changes on T2-weighted brain MRI, which were permanent only in 3 cases (all asymptomatic).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Our suggested surgical strategy can be applied to any type of the venous drainage pattern. Preoperative evaluation and intraoperative preservation of the blood outflow pathways are crucial means for safe and effective application of the transpetrosal approach.
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