Bon-Jour Lin1,2, Da-Tong Ju1, Tzu-Hsien Hsu1,3, Tzu-Tsao Chung1, Wei-Hsiu Liu1, Dueng-Yuan Hueng1, Yuan-Hao Chen1, Chung-Ching Hsia1, Hsin-I Ma1, Ming-Ying Liu1, Hung-Chang Hung4,5, Chi-Tun Tang6. 1. Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu, 114, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. 2. Department of Surgery, Nantou Hospital, Nantou, Taiwan, Republic of China. 3. Department of Surgery, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Nantou Hospital, Nantou, Taiwan, Republic of China. 5. Department of Healthcare Administration, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. 6. Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu, 114, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. coleman0719@gmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic transorbital approach (eTOA) has been announced as an alternative minimally invasive surgery to skull base. Owing to the inferior orbital fissure (IOF) connecting the orbit with surrounding pterygopalatine fossa (PPF), infratemporal fossa (ITF), and temporal fossa, the idea of eTOA to anterolateral skull base through IOF is postulated. The aim of this study is to access its practical feasibility. METHODS: Anatomical dissections were performed in five human cadaveric heads (10 sides) using 0-degree and 30-degree endoscopes. A stepwise description of eTOA to anterolateral skull base through IOF was documented. The anterosuperior corner of the maxillary sinus in the horizontal plane of the upper edge of zygomatic arch was defined as reference point (RP). The distances between the RP to the foramen rotundum (FR), foramen ovale (FO), and Gasserian ganglion (GG) were measured. The exposed area of anterolateral skull base in the coronal plane of the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus was quantified. RESULTS: The surgical procedure consisted of six steps: (1) lateral canthotomy with cantholysis and preseptal lower eyelid approach with periorbita dissection; (2) drilling of the ocular surface of greater sphenoid wing and lateral orbital rim osteotomy; (3) entry into the maxillary sinus and exposure of PPF and ITF; (4) mobilization of infraorbital nerve with drilling of the infratemporal surface of the greater sphenoid wing and pterygoid process; (5) exposure of middle cranial fossa, Meckel's cave, and lateral wall of cavernous sinus; and (6) reconstruction of orbital floor and lateral orbital rim. The distances measured were as follows: RP-FR = 45.0 ± 1.9 mm, RP-FO = 55.7 ± 0.5 mm, and RP-GG = 61.0 ± 1.6 mm. In comparison with the horizontal portion of greater sphenoid wing, the superior and inferior axes of the exposed area were 22.3 ± 2.1 mm and 20.5 ± 1.8 mm, respectively. With reference to the FR, the medial and lateral axes of the exposed area were 11.6 ± 1.1 mm and 15.8 ± 1.6 mm, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The eTOA through IOF can be used as a minimally invasive surgery to access whole anterolateral skull base. It provides a possible resolution to target lesion involving multiple compartments of anterolateral skull base.
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic transorbital approach (eTOA) has been announced as an alternative minimally invasive surgery to skull base. Owing to the inferior orbital fissure (IOF) connecting the orbit with surrounding pterygopalatine fossa (PPF), infratemporal fossa (ITF), and temporal fossa, the idea of eTOA to anterolateral skull base through IOF is postulated. The aim of this study is to access its practical feasibility. METHODS: Anatomical dissections were performed in five human cadaveric heads (10 sides) using 0-degree and 30-degree endoscopes. A stepwise description of eTOA to anterolateral skull base through IOF was documented. The anterosuperior corner of the maxillary sinus in the horizontal plane of the upper edge of zygomatic arch was defined as reference point (RP). The distances between the RP to the foramen rotundum (FR), foramen ovale (FO), and Gasserian ganglion (GG) were measured. The exposed area of anterolateral skull base in the coronal plane of the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus was quantified. RESULTS: The surgical procedure consisted of six steps: (1) lateral canthotomy with cantholysis and preseptal lower eyelid approach with periorbita dissection; (2) drilling of the ocular surface of greater sphenoid wing and lateral orbital rim osteotomy; (3) entry into the maxillary sinus and exposure of PPF and ITF; (4) mobilization of infraorbital nerve with drilling of the infratemporal surface of the greater sphenoid wing and pterygoid process; (5) exposure of middle cranial fossa, Meckel's cave, and lateral wall of cavernous sinus; and (6) reconstruction of orbital floor and lateral orbital rim. The distances measured were as follows: RP-FR = 45.0 ± 1.9 mm, RP-FO = 55.7 ± 0.5 mm, and RP-GG = 61.0 ± 1.6 mm. In comparison with the horizontal portion of greater sphenoid wing, the superior and inferior axes of the exposed area were 22.3 ± 2.1 mm and 20.5 ± 1.8 mm, respectively. With reference to the FR, the medial and lateral axes of the exposed area were 11.6 ± 1.1 mm and 15.8 ± 1.6 mm, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The eTOA through IOF can be used as a minimally invasive surgery to access whole anterolateral skull base. It provides a possible resolution to target lesion involving multiple compartments of anterolateral skull base.
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Anterolateral skull base; Endoscopic transorbital; Inferior orbital fissure
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