{"title":"Surgical Correction of a Double Major Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Differential Rod Contouring, Derotation, and an Ultrasonic Bone Cutting Instrument, Including Technical Nuance: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Brandon Wilkinson, Michael Galgano","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e329-e330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40361528","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}
Megan M J Bauman, Jeffrey R Janus, Jamie J Van Gompel
{"title":"Open and Endoscopic Endonasal Biopsies for Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Hypothalamus: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Megan M J Bauman, Jeffrey R Janus, Jamie J Van Gompel","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000386","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e328"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40364065","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}
Muhammet Enes Gurses, Abuzer Gungor, Elif Gökalp, Sahin Hanalioglu, Seda Yagmur Karatas Okumus, Ilkan Tatar, Mustafa Berker, Aaron A Cohen-Gadol, Uğur Türe
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Modeling and Augmented and Virtual Reality Simulations of the White Matter Anatomy of the Cerebrum.","authors":"Muhammet Enes Gurses, Abuzer Gungor, Elif Gökalp, Sahin Hanalioglu, Seda Yagmur Karatas Okumus, Ilkan Tatar, Mustafa Berker, Aaron A Cohen-Gadol, Uğur Türe","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>An understanding of the anatomy of white matter tracts and their 3-dimensional (3D) relationship with each other is important for neurosurgical practice. The fiber dissection technique contributes to this understanding because it involves removing the brain's white matter tracts to reveal their anatomic organization. Using this technique, we built freely accessible 3D models and augmented and virtual reality simulations of white matter tracts.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To define the white matter tracts of cadaveric human brains through fiber dissection and to make 2-dimensional and 3D images of the white matter tracts and create 3D models and augmented and virtual reality simulations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty cadaveric brain specimens were prepared in accordance with the Klingler method. Brain hemispheres were dissected step-by-step from lateral-to-medial and medial-to-lateral directions. Three-dimensional models and augmented reality and virtual reality simulations were built with photogrammetry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>High-resolution 3D models and augmented reality and virtual reality simulations of the white matter anatomy of the cerebrum were obtained. These models can be freely shifted and rotated on different planes, projected on any real surface, visualized from both front and back, and viewed from various angles at various magnifications.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To our knowledge, this is the first detailed study integrating various technologies (3D modeling, augmented reality, and virtual reality) for high-resolution 3D visualization of dissected white matter fibers of the entire human cerebrum.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"355-366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33502879","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}
Venu M Nemani, Jesse Shen, Rajiv K Sethi, Jean-Christophe Leveque
{"title":"Use of Cannulated Reamers to Facilitate Thoracic Diskectomy Using a Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracotomy Approach-Surgical Technique.","authors":"Venu M Nemani, Jesse Shen, Rajiv K Sethi, Jean-Christophe Leveque","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The surgical treatment of symptomatic thoracic disk herniations is technically challenging. In the past decade, a minimally invasive retropleural thoracotomy approach has become more popular to treat this pathology. However, efficient bone removal to safely perform the diskectomy and spinal cord decompression is difficult with this technique because of the small incision size and long working distance in the thoracic cavity and the proximity of the compressed thoracic cord.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe a novel surgical technique for performing a thoracic diskectomy using a minimally invasive lateral approach using cannulated reamers to facilitate bone removal.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This technique was used in 7 consecutive patients who presented with thoracic myelopathy from a thoracic disk herniation. First, a standard lateral minimally invasive retropleural approach to the thoracic spine was performed. Partially threaded guide wires were placed in the posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies adjacent to the affected disk space, and sequential cannulated reamers were passed over the guidewires to perform partial corpectomies. The posterior annulus, posterior longitudinal ligament, and herniated disk material were then resected using Penfield dissectors and Kerrison rongeurs to complete the decompression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 7 patients who underwent thoracic diskectomy using this approach had stable or improved neurologic function postoperatively. There were no complications related to the use of the cannulated reamer technique.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The use of cannulated reamers provides a simple and efficient method for safe bone removal to facilitate minimally invasive thoracic diskectomy using a lateral approach. This is an easily reproducible technique using commonly available equipment.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"e313-e319"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33504824","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":"Knowledge and Measurement, Part 1: What Can be Known and What Cannot.","authors":"Douglas Kondziolka","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000466","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"343-344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33511038","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":"Technical Assessment of Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia Using a 3-Dimensional Exoscope: A Case Series.","authors":"Johannes Herta, Karl Rössler, Christian Dorfer","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Detailed anatomic visualization of the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve is crucial to successfully perform microvascular decompression surgery (MVD) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine advantages and disadvantages using a 3-dimensional (3D) exoscope for MVD surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 4K 3D exoscope (ORBEYE) was used by a single surgical team for MVD in a retrospective case series of 8 patients with trigeminal neuralgia in a tertiary center. Clinical and surgical data were collected, and advantages/disadvantages of using the exoscope for MVD were recorded after each surgery. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adequate MVD of the trigeminal nerve root was possible in all patients by exclusively using the exoscope. It offered bright visualization of the cerebellopontine angle and the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve that was comparable with a binocular operating microscope. The greatest advantages of the exoscope included good optical quality, the pronounced depth of field of the image for all observers, and its superior surgeon ergonomics. Disadvantages were revealed with overexposure at deep surgical sites and the lack of endoscope integration. In 6 patients, facial pain improved significantly after surgery (Barrow Neurological Institute pain intensity score I in 5 and III in 1 patient), whereas it did not in 2 patients (Barrow Neurological Institute score IV and V). No complications occurred.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Utilization of a 3D exoscope for MVD is a safe and feasible procedure. Surgeons benefit from better ergonomics, excellent image quality, and an improved experience for observers.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"374-381"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33502881","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}
Irakliy Abramov, Mohamed A Labib, Lena Mary Houlihan, Thanapong Loymak, Visish M Srinivasan, Mark C Preul, Michael T Lawton
{"title":"Quantitative Anatomic Comparison of the Extreme Lateral Transodontoid vs Extreme Medial Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Jugular Foramen and Craniovertebral Junction.","authors":"Irakliy Abramov, Mohamed A Labib, Lena Mary Houlihan, Thanapong Loymak, Visish M Srinivasan, Mark C Preul, Michael T Lawton","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000000350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000000350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Large, destructive intracranial and extracranial lesions at the jugular foramen (JF) and anterior craniovertebral junction (CVJ) are among the most challenging lesions to resect.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the extreme lateral transodontoid approach (ELTOA) with the extreme medial endoscopic endonasal approach (EMEEA) to determine the most effective surgical approach to the JF and CVJ.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seven formalin-fixed cadaveric heads were dissected. Using neuronavigation, we quantitatively measured and compared the exposure of the intracranial and extracranial neurovascular structures, the drilled area of the clivus and the C1 vertebra, and the area of exposure of the brainstem.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean total drilled area of the clivus was greater with the EMEEA than with the ELTOA (1043.5 vs 909.4 mm 2 , P = .02). The EMEEA provided a longer exposure of the extracranial cranial nerves (CNs) IX, X, and XI compared with the ELTOA (cranial nerve [CN] IX: 18.8 vs 12.0 mm, P = .01; CN X: 19.2 vs 10.4 mm, P = .003; and CN XI, 18.1 vs 11.9 mm, P = .04). The EMEEA, compared with the ELTOA, provided a significantly greater area of exposure of the contralateral ventromedial medulla (289.5 vs 80.9 mm 2 , P < .001) and pons (237.5 vs 86.2 mm 2 , P = .005) but less area of exposure of the ipsilateral dorsolateral medulla (51.5 vs 205.8 mm 2 , P = .008).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The EMEEA and ELTOA provide optimal exposures to different aspects of the CVJ and JF. A combination of these approaches can compensate for their disadvantages and achieve significant exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":520730,"journal":{"name":"Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)","volume":" ","pages":"396-405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40358271","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}