Limits of endoscopic endonasal approach for cranio-vertebral junction tumors.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite our experience is preliminary, the endoscopic endonasal approach has resulted safe for cranio-cervical junctions tumor with a reduced number of complications. It can give a straight and direct trajectory to this deep region. We suggest that lateral extension of the tumor beyond the plane of CNs is a limit for this approach, as well as an inferior expansion caudal to C1. Larger series and longer follow-up are required to assess the proper indications of this approach. PMID: 29327864 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research