title: Retrolabyrinthine transsigmoid approach to basilar trunk and vertebrobasilar artery junction aneurysms. Technical note.
abstract: A retrolabyrinthine transsigmoid approach was employed successfully in three patients with vertebrobasilar aneurysms. The major benefits of this technique include a relatively shallow depth of exposure, lack of brain stem retraction, and simplicity as compared to traditional and some recently proposed methods. All three patients have returned to their previous activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Giannotta
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Maceri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014711:Vertebral Artery