Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-09-09DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001331
Zafer Cinibulak, Jörg Poggenborg, Stefanie Schliwa, Samer Zawy Alsofy, Thomas Fortmann, Marc Lewitz, Mihai Manu, Nima Ostovar, Jimmy Landry Zepa Yotedje, Makoto Nakamura
{"title":"Impact of Sigmoid Sinus Anatomy on Assessing the Feasibility of the Retrofacial Access to the Entire Jugular Fossa Before Surgery.","authors":"Zafer Cinibulak, Jörg Poggenborg, Stefanie Schliwa, Samer Zawy Alsofy, Thomas Fortmann, Marc Lewitz, Mihai Manu, Nima Ostovar, Jimmy Landry Zepa Yotedje, Makoto Nakamura","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001331","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>The jugular fossa (JF) is a challenging area for surgical approaches because of its complex anatomy and proximity to neurovascular structures. The study evaluates the feasibility of the neuronavigated microsurgical transmastoid extended infralabyrinthine extradural retrofacial approach (mTEIER-A) in human head specimens for accessing the entire intraosseous JF in relation to the position of the sigmoid sinus (SS), horizontal angle of attack, and size of the SS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The mTEIER-A was performed on human head specimens. Before dissection, the position of the SS, horizontal angle of attack, and size of the SS were measured on tilted axial high resolution computed tomography scans; after dissection, access to the lateral aspect of the JF on dissected human head specimens and on postoperative high-resolution computed tomography scans was examined. The position of the SS was classified relative to a predefined reference line, and the feasibility of retrofacial access was documented.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SS positions located medial to the reference line (P1) and horizontal angles >12.5° significantly enhance retrofacial access to the lateral aspect of the JF, whereas the size of the SS has a limited impact.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Depending on the position of the SS and the horizontal angle of access, mTEIER-A provides sufficient retrofacial access to the lateral aspect of the JF. These findings emphasize the need for precise preoperative planning and suggest that mTEIER-A could minimize the need for more invasive approaches, potentially reducing related morbidity. Further clinical studies are recommended to validate these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"677-686"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142156609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001345
Otavio F De Toledo, Manuel F Granja, Gustavo Maldonado Cortez, Salvador F Gutierrez-Aguirre, Amin Aghaebrahim, Eric Sauvageau, Ricardo A Hanel
{"title":"Ruptured Perinidal Aneurysm Clipping and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation Resection: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Otavio F De Toledo, Manuel F Granja, Gustavo Maldonado Cortez, Salvador F Gutierrez-Aguirre, Amin Aghaebrahim, Eric Sauvageau, Ricardo A Hanel","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001345","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"741-742"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001332
Olivia E Gilbert, Kelly Chamberlin, Pawel Grabala, Michael Galgano
{"title":"A Spinal Realignment Technique for Correction of Adolescent Distal Junctional Kyphosis: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Olivia E Gilbert, Kelly Chamberlin, Pawel Grabala, Michael Galgano","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001332","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001332","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"740"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001420
Peter G Passias, Lara Passfall, Peter S Tretiakov, Ankita Das, Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Justin S Smith, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Breton Line, Jeffrey Gum, Khaled M Kebaish, Khoi D Than, Gregory Mundis, Richard Hostin, Munish Gupta, Robert K Eastlack, Dean Chou, Alexa Forman, Bassel Diebo, Alan H Daniels, Themistocles Protopsaltis, D Kojo Hamilton, Alex Soroceanu, Raymarla Pinteric, Praveen Mummaneni, Han Jo Kim, Neel Anand, Christopher P Ames, Robert Hart, Douglas Burton, Frank J Schwab, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric O Klineberg, Shay Bess
{"title":"Have We Made Advancements in Optimizing Surgical Outcomes and Enhancing Recovery for Patients With High-Risk Adult Spinal Deformity Over Time?","authors":"Peter G Passias, Lara Passfall, Peter S Tretiakov, Ankita Das, Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Justin S Smith, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Breton Line, Jeffrey Gum, Khaled M Kebaish, Khoi D Than, Gregory Mundis, Richard Hostin, Munish Gupta, Robert K Eastlack, Dean Chou, Alexa Forman, Bassel Diebo, Alan H Daniels, Themistocles Protopsaltis, D Kojo Hamilton, Alex Soroceanu, Raymarla Pinteric, Praveen Mummaneni, Han Jo Kim, Neel Anand, Christopher P Ames, Robert Hart, Douglas Burton, Frank J Schwab, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric O Klineberg, Shay Bess","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001420","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>The spectrum of patients requiring adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery is highly variable in baseline (BL) risk such as age, frailty, and deformity severity. Although improvements have been realized in ASD surgery over the past decade, it is unknown whether these carry over to high-risk patients. We aim to determine temporal differences in outcomes at 2 years after ASD surgery in patients stratified by BL risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients ≥18 years with complete pre- (BL) and 2-year (2Y) postoperative data from 2009 to 2018 were categorized as having undergone surgery from 2009 to 2013 [early] or from 2014 to 2018 [late]. High-risk [HR] patients met ≥2 of the criteria: (1) ++ BL pelvic incidence and lumbar lordosis or SVA by Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-Schwab criteria, (2) elderly [≥70 years], (3) severe BL frailty, (4) high Charlson comorbidity index, (5) undergoing 3-column osteotomy, and (6) fusion of >12 levels, or >7 levels for elderly patients. Demographics, clinical outcomes, radiographic alignment targets, and complication rates were assessed by time period for high-risk patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 725 patients included, 52% (n = 377) were identified as HR. 47% (n = 338) had surgery pre-2014 [early], and 53% (n = 387) underwent surgery in 2014 or later [late]. There was a higher proportion of HR patients in Late group (56% vs 48%). Analysis by early/late status showed no significant differences in achieving improved radiographic alignment by SRS-Schwab, age-adjusted alignment goals, or global alignment and proportion proportionality by 2Y (all P > .05). Late/HR patients had significantly less poor clinical outcomes per SRS and Oswestry Disability Index (both P < .01). Late/HR patients had fewer complications (63% vs 74%, P = .025), reoperations (17% vs 30%, P = .002), and surgical infections (0.9% vs 4.3%, P = .031). Late/HR patients had lower rates of early proximal junctional kyphosis (10% vs 17%, P = .041) and proximal junctional failure (11% vs 22%, P = .003).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite operating on more high-risk patients between 2014 and 2018, surgeons effectively reduced rates of complications, mechanical failures, and reoperations, while simultaneously improving health-related quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"617-626"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001354
Eva M Wu, Meredith C Costello, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Jacques J Morcos
{"title":"Transcavernous Approach Through Eyebrow Incision for Radiation-Induced Medial Temporal Lobe Cavernoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Eva M Wu, Meredith C Costello, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Jacques J Morcos","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001354","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001354","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"737"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001365
Atul Goel
{"title":"Commentary: Bilateral High-Riding Persistent First Cervical Intersegmental Arteries in a Case of Klippel-Feil Syndrome: The Technique of Vertebral Artery Mobilization for C1-C2 Reduction and Fusion for Atlantoaxial Dislocation and Basilar Invagination: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Atul Goel","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001365","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001365","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"728-729"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001348
Salim Şentürk, İdris Avci, Kemal Paksoy, Melih Kapdan, Onur Yaman
{"title":"Selective Apical Convex Rod Derotation: A Fast and Secure Technique for the Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis-A Case Series of 38 Patients.","authors":"Salim Şentürk, İdris Avci, Kemal Paksoy, Melih Kapdan, Onur Yaman","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001348","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>We present a novel technique of selective apical convex rod derotation as an effective and safe maneuver for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and give the clinical results of our patients. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the three-dimensional deformity of the spine of more than 10° affecting children from 10 to 18 years. The gold standard for the correction of larger curves is posterior fusion. With the help of osteotomies, the spine becomes mobile and the ideal alignment can be achieved with correction maneuvers. Derotations from the concave side harvest numerous complications such as exacerbation of apical rotation, screw pullout, and implant failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After the transpedicular screws are placed, a short titanium rod is put on the convex-side screws just covering the apex and the screw nuts are loosely tightened. The convex apical rod is held with 2 rod holders and derotation is applied to the rod and the convex spine is pulled toward the midline. After the desired correction is reached, a permanent rod is placed to the concave side and screw nuts are tightened.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 38 patients have been included in this study. Preoperative median Cobb angle was 47.19°, postoperative Cobb angle was measured as 18.45°, and 1 year follow-up was 17.25°. Thoracic kyphosis values were 19.07°, 30.52°, and 33.05°, respectively. Lumbar lordosis were measured as 42.63°, 43°, and 45.75°, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Selective apical convex rod derotation is an effective treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with minimal risk for screw pullout, pedicular bursting, or hypokyphosis. Correction results are similar to classic correction maneuvers.</p>","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"635-640"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001394
M Burhan Janjua, Andrew Jea
{"title":"Commentary: Posterior Release, Reduction and Intra-Articular Fusion for Irreducible Type III Atlantoaxial Rotary Fixation.","authors":"M Burhan Janjua, Andrew Jea","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001394","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"634"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142512925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Operative NeurosurgeryPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001337
Daniele Piccolo, Sara Fabbro, Francesco Tuniz, Vladimir Gavrilovic, Miran Skrap, Marco Vindigni
{"title":"Clipping, Aneurysmotomy, and Thrombectomy of an Enlarged Thrombosed Giant Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm After Flow Diverter Treatment: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.","authors":"Daniele Piccolo, Sara Fabbro, Francesco Tuniz, Vladimir Gavrilovic, Miran Skrap, Marco Vindigni","doi":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001337","DOIUrl":"10.1227/ons.0000000000001337","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54254,"journal":{"name":"Operative Neurosurgery","volume":" ","pages":"723"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}