Daniel G Eichberg1,2, Long Di3, Ashish H Shah3, Evan M Luther3, Christina Jackson4, Lina Marenco-Hillembrand5, Kaisorn L Chaichana5, Michael E Ivan3,6, Robert M Starke3, Ricardo J Komotar3,6. 1. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. dge18@med.miami.edu. 2. University of Miami Hospital, 1321 N.W. 14th Street, West Building, Suite 306, Miami, FL, 33125, USA. dge18@med.miami.edu. 3. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 5. Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA. 6. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Lesions located in subcortical areas are difficult to safely access. Tubular retractors have been increasingly used successfully with low complication profile to access lesions by minimizing brain retraction trauma and distributing pressure radially. Both binocular operative microscope and monocular exoscope are utilized for lesion visualization through tubular retractors. We present the largest multi-surgeon, multi-institutional series to determine the efficacy and safety profile of a transcortical-transtubular approach for intracranial lesion resections with both microscopic and exoscopic visualization. METHODS: We reviewed a multi-surgeon, multi-institutional case series including transcortical-transtubular resection of intracranial lesions using either BrainPath (NICO, Indianapolis, Indiana) or ViewSite Brain Access System (VBAS, Vycor Medical, Boca Raton, Florida) tubular retractors (n = 113). RESULTS: One hundred thirteen transtubular resections for intracranial lesions were performed. Patients presented with a diverse number of pathologies including 25 cavernous hemangiomas (21.2%), 15 colloid cysts (13.3%), 26 GBM (23.0%), two meningiomas (1.8%), 27 metastases (23.9%), 9 gliomas (7.9%) and 9 other lesions (7.9%). Mean lesion depth below the cortical surface was 4.4 cm, and mean lesion size was 2.7 cm. A gross total resection was achieved in 81 (71.7%) cases. Permanent complication rate was 4.4%. One patient (0.8%) experienced one early postoperative seizure (< 1 week postop). No patients experienced late seizures (> 1 week follow-up). Mean post-operative hospitalization length was 4.1 days. CONCLUSION: Tubular retractors provide a minimally invasive operative corridor for resection of intracranial lesions. They provide an effective tool in the neurosurgical armamentarium to resect subcortical lesions with a low complication profile.
PURPOSE: Lesions located in subcortical areas are difficult to safely access. Tubular retractors have been increasingly used successfully with low complication profile to access lesions by minimizing brain retraction trauma and distributing pressure radially. Both binocular operative microscope and monocular exoscope are utilized for lesion visualization through tubular retractors. We present the largest multi-surgeon, multi-institutional series to determine the efficacy and safety profile of a transcortical-transtubular approach for intracranial lesion resections with both microscopic and exoscopic visualization. METHODS: We reviewed a multi-surgeon, multi-institutional case series including transcortical-transtubular resection of intracranial lesions using either BrainPath (NICO, Indianapolis, Indiana) or ViewSite Brain Access System (VBAS, Vycor Medical, Boca Raton, Florida) tubular retractors (n = 113). RESULTS: One hundred thirteen transtubular resections for intracranial lesions were performed. Patients presented with a diverse number of pathologies including 25 cavernous hemangiomas (21.2%), 15 colloid cysts (13.3%), 26 GBM (23.0%), two meningiomas (1.8%), 27 metastases (23.9%), 9 gliomas (7.9%) and 9 other lesions (7.9%). Mean lesion depth below the cortical surface was 4.4 cm, and mean lesion size was 2.7 cm. A gross total resection was achieved in 81 (71.7%) cases. Permanent complication rate was 4.4%. One patient (0.8%) experienced one early postoperative seizure (< 1 week postop). No patients experienced late seizures (> 1 week follow-up). Mean post-operative hospitalization length was 4.1 days. CONCLUSION: Tubular retractors provide a minimally invasive operative corridor for resection of intracranial lesions. They provide an effective tool in the neurosurgical armamentarium to resect subcortical lesions with a low complication profile.
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