title: Gravity-aided trans-falcine removal of a contralateral subcortical ependymoma.
abstract: The transfalcine approach is a variant of the interhemispheric approach which provides exposure of the medial surface of the contralateral hemisphere through a falx incision. Gravity can be used as a natural retractor. We report a 32-year-old woman with an ependymoma of the medial surface of the left Rolandic area that was completely removed through a contralateral gravity-aided, image-guided transfalcine approach. The contralateral transfalcine approach can be a good option for lesions presenting at the interhemispheric fissure especially those associated with perilesional oedema and avoids the risks of a transparenchymal dissection and retraction of a swollen hemisphere.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ferroli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Russo
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Albanese
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Tringali
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Broggi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*