Endoneurosurgical hemostasis techniques: lessons learned from 400 cases.
The increasing popularity of minimally invasive neurosurgery has led to the development of transnasal expanded approaches for the treatment of skull base lesions. One of the greatest challenges in safely accomplishing resection of tumors, particularly intradural lesions, is effective hemostasis. Over the past 7 years the authors have progressively developed an organized approach to address this challenge. This has required the development of new instrumentation as well as variations on standard techniques. In this report they present the technique that has evolved at their institution for endoneurosurgical hemostasis.
Kassam
Amin
A
Minimally Invasive Endoneurosurgical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. kassamab@upmc.edu
Snyderman
Carl H
CH
Carrau
Ricardo L
RL
Gardner
Paul
P
Mintz
Arlan
A
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques