Minim Invas Neurosur
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Minim Invas Neurosur · Aug 2008
Treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease with uncoforaminotomy--intermediate clinical outcome.
Anterior cervical uncoforaminotomy (uncoforaminotomy) is an operative method intended to preserve the functional motion segment of the cervical spine while removing the underlying pathology. Controversy exists concerning the patients best suited for this treatment modality. Furthermore, no long-term outcome analyses have been published. ⋯ Uncoforaminotomy, especially in patients with soft-disc pathologies, is a good operative method for the treatment of radicular pain.
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Minim Invas Neurosur · Aug 2008
Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery using a skull reference array and laser surface scanning.
Lesions of the skull base are increasingly being resected via the endoscopic, endonasal, transphenoidal approach. We have successfully treated 33 consecutive patients with pituitary lesions using this technique in combination with BrainLAB skull reference array and laser surface scanning for surgical navigation. ⋯ This is particularly important as extension and flexion of the head provide greater exposure to the clivus and anterior skull base respectively. Also, this technique obviates the need for additional preoperative MRI, thereby reducing cost and delays.