Dong Hwa Heo, Ji Yeon Kim, Jeong-Yoon Park, Jin Sung Kim, Hyeun Sung Kim, Jeffrey Roh, Choon Keun Park, Hungtae Chung
{"title":"Clinical Experiences of 3-Dimensional Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Disease.","authors":"Dong Hwa Heo, Ji Yeon Kim, Jeong-Yoon Park, Jin Sung Kim, Hyeun Sung Kim, Jeffrey Roh, Choon Keun Park, Hungtae Chung","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The lack of stereoscopic vision in endoscopic spine surgery may lead to a risk of neural or vascular injury during endoscopic surgery. Three-dimensional (3D) endoscopy has not yet been attempted in the field of spinal endoscopic surgery.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To present the technique, clinical efficacy, and safety of the 3D biportal endoscopic approach for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We attempted 3D biportal endoscopic surgery for lumbar degenerative disease in a series of patients. Clinical outcomes and complications were evaluated postoperatively using a short questionnaire about 3D biportal endoscopic spine surgery that solicited respondents' opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of 3D biportal endoscopic surgery compared to the conventional 2D biportal endoscopic approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We performed 3D biportal endoscopic spine surgery in 38 patients with lumbar degenerative disease. Optimal neural decompression was revealed by postoperative magnetic resonance imaging in all enrolled patients. The 3D endoscopic vision clearly demonstrated the surgical anatomy starting with the exposure of ligamentum flavum, dura, and nerve root, and 3D endoscopy precisely depicted pathologic lesions such as bony osteophytes and ruptured disc herniation. There were no major complications including neural injury or durotomy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The 3D endoscope may be able to distinguish between normal structures and lesions. The stereognosis and depth sensation of 3D biportal endoscopic spinal surgery might have a favorable impact on the safety of patients during endoscopic spine surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"231-238"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39909781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resection of a Vestibular Schwannoma Using a Retrosigmoid Approach in a Patient With a High Jugular Bulb: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Soichi Oya, Shunya Hanakita, Mizuho Inoue, Toru Matsui","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39785929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ben A Strickland, Frank Attenello, Jacob Ruzevick, David Cote, Gabriel Zada
{"title":"Commentary: Robotic-Assisted Digital Exoscope for Resection of Cerebral Metastases: A Case Series.","authors":"Ben A Strickland, Frank Attenello, Jacob Ruzevick, David Cote, Gabriel Zada","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e177-e178"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39614896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asfand Baig Mirza, Jose Pedro Lavrador, Ioannis Christodoulides, Timothy Martyn Boardman, Amisha Vastani, Qusai Al Banna, Razna Ahmed, Irena C F Norman, Christopher Murphy, Sharmila Devi, Anastasios Giamouriadis, Francesco Vergani, Richard Gullan, Ranjeev Bhangoo, Keyoumars Ashkan
{"title":"5-Aminolevulinic Acid-Guided Resection in Grade III Tumors-A Comparative Cohort Study.","authors":"Asfand Baig Mirza, Jose Pedro Lavrador, Ioannis Christodoulides, Timothy Martyn Boardman, Amisha Vastani, Qusai Al Banna, Razna Ahmed, Irena C F Norman, Christopher Murphy, Sharmila Devi, Anastasios Giamouriadis, Francesco Vergani, Richard Gullan, Ranjeev Bhangoo, Keyoumars Ashkan","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The benefits of using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) in resection of grade IV tumors have been extensively researched. However, few studies have investigated the use of 5-ALA in grade III gliomas.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To discover whether 5-ALA provides significant benefit in assisting resection of grade III gliomas.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A single-center, retrospective cohort study between January 2013 and January 2019 of adult patients with grade III gliomas. Patients were separated into a 5-ALA-guided surgery group (5-ALA-GS) and non-5-ALA-guided surgery group (non-5-ALA-GS). Primary outcome was overall survival (OS); secondary outcomes were both postoperative and 6-month performance status (PS6m), and extent of resection (EoR).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-nine patients with grade III gliomas were included (39 and 30 patients in the 5-ALA-GS group and non-5-ALA-GS group, respectively). There was no significant difference in tumor characteristics between the groups. No significant difference was observed in OS (P = .072) and EoR (P = .609) between both the groups. In a subgroup of the 5-ALA-GS where gross total resection (GTR) was achieved, there was a better OS (P = .043). Significantly worse outcomes were seen postoperatively (P = .044) and at PS6m (P = .041) in the 5-ALA-GS group, mainly because of the poorer outcome in the subtotal resection subgroup.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite the benefits of 5-ALA in grade IV glioma surgery, these benefits are limited to a smaller group of patients with grade III tumors where there is sufficient fluorescence to allow GTR. In this cohort of patients, 5-ALA use may result in worse neurological outcomes particularly when GTR is not feasible and therefore caution is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"215-223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39614898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Visish M Srinivasan, Mohamed A Labib, Charuta G Furey, Joshua S Catapano, Michael T Lawton
{"title":"The \"Binder Ring\" Bypass: Transection, Rerouting, and Reanastomosis as an Alternative to Macrovascular Decompression of a Dolichoectatic Vertebral Artery.","authors":"Visish M Srinivasan, Mohamed A Labib, Charuta G Furey, Joshua S Catapano, Michael T Lawton","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In cases of extreme vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia, padding the cranial nerves (CNs) (microvascular decompression [MVD]) and clip-assisted sling transposition of the tortuous artery (macrovascular decompression [MaVD]) may be ineffective because the sling does not reduce the redundancy. Transposition may not decompress the nerves or may kink the artery. An alternative solution is needed.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To introduce the \"binder ring\" bypass as a novel solution to this unusual macrovascular compression problem.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The binder ring denotes the opening and closing of the offending vascular loop with standard bypass techniques with the artery transected, rerouted lateral to the CNs, and reanastomosed. An example case study is presented for a 72-year-old man whose severe vertebral artery tortuosity could not be relieved by MVD or MaVD. His pathology was exposed with an extended retrosigmoid craniotomy, the V4 segment was transected, the free ends were mobilized lateral to CN VII/VIII, and an end-to-end reanastomosis was performed with intraluminal suturing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The example binder ring bypass was patent angiographically, and the patient experienced immediate and lasting symptom relief without complications.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The binder ring bypass applies standard bypass techniques to macrovascular compression but represents a significant escalation in technical challenges relative to traditional techniques. Patient tolerance to temporary arterial occlusion during reanastomosis depends on the location of the compressive arterial loop and the anatomy of collateral circulation. The binder ring bypass should be used as a last resort after medical therapy and MaVD techniques fail and performed only by neurosurgeons with advanced bypass skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"224-230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39785930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gennadiy A Katsevman, Clinton D Morgan, Juan S Uribe
{"title":"Commentary: Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion From L2 to S1: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Gennadiy A Katsevman, Clinton D Morgan, Juan S Uribe","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e179-e180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39614894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis: Derotation Maneuver With Personalized Implants, a 2-Dimensional Technical Video With Patient Vignette: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Lauren E Stone, Joseph A Osorio","doi":"10.1227/ONS.0000000000000096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ONS.0000000000000096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39631499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}