title: [A posterolateral approach to the area of the craniovertebral transition].
abstract: The paper presents a stepwise surgical technique of transcervical craniospinal posterolateral approach to the bulky processes of the craniovertebral region and the historical background. The access was modulated on cadavers (the head-neck region) in the project of a surgical intervention. In 1995-1998, clinical tests were made in 11 patients, 6 of whom had ventral craniospinal meningiomas, 2 cases had sand watch neuromas of the C2 root with extradural growth and 3 cases presented sand watch neurofibroma at the C1-C levels. The advantages and disadvantages of the approach are described.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Shevelev
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Myshkin
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D006257:Head / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture