Inferior Temporal Sulcus Approach for Amygdalohippocampectomy Guided by a Laser Beam of Stereotactic Navigator
| Autor: | Yoshihide Taniwaki, Yasushi Miyagi, Katsuya Ishido, Fumio Shima, Takehisa Araki, Iku Okamoto, Kazufumi Kamikaseda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Hippocampus Cerebral Ventricles Temporal lobe Epilepsy Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Humans Hemianopsia Neuronavigation Retrospective Studies Cerebral Cortex business.industry Amygdalohippocampectomy Transventricular Inferior temporal sulcus Middle Aged Amygdala medicine.disease Temporal Lobe Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Epilepsy Temporal Lobe Female Laser Therapy Neurology (clinical) Radiology business Craniotomy Follow-Up Studies Optic radiation |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery. 52:1117-1124 |
| ISSN: | 0148-396X |
| DOI: | 10.1227/01.neu.0000058464.75451.c1 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To describe a surgical technique for a minimally invasive transcortical transventricular amygdalohippocampectomy via the inferior temporal sulcus (ITS) using a stereotactic navigator. METHODS Seven patients with medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy underwent an amygdalohippocampectomy via the ITS. By use of a laser-guided navigation system, the epileptogenic foci of the mesial temporal lobe were resected through a small linear operative route that was made by a brain speculum inserted from the ITS to the anterolateral floor of the temporal horn in the lateral ventricle. RESULTS All patients completed at least a 1-year follow-up (range, 14–45 mo) after surgery and had improved neuropsychological parameters as a result of the operation. All patients became seizure-free after surgery. A Humphrey visual field perimeter detected no hemianopsia. CONCLUSION Combined with the stereotactic navigation system, the ITS approach provides the least invasive amygdalohippocampectomy that preserves optic radiation. This approach seems beneficial especially in patients in whom the epileptic lesions are limited to the anterior mesial temporal lobe. |
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