Microsurgical study of the interpeduncular cistern and its communication with adjoining cisterns.
OBJECTIVE
Investigating the structure, contents, location, and borders of interpeduncular cistern and its communications with adjoining cisterns.


METHODS
Microsurgical anatomy of the interpeduncular cistern was studied in 14 adult cadaver brains, using a surgical microscope(x3 to x40 magnification).


RESULTS
The interpeduncular cistern was divided into two portions: superficial (free) and deep (vascular). The superior wall of interpeduncular cistern was separated into the hypothalamic and mesencephalic part. It has communication with ambient, prepontine, carotid, cerebellopontine, oculomotor, and crural cisterns.


CONCLUSIONS
The interpeduncular cistern is a compound bulk structure. This classification is necessary for the quantitative and qualitative study of the interpeduncular anatomy. Also, it is necessary to neurosurgeons for the guiding line in this region.
Sufianov
Albert Akramovich
AA
East-Siberian Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Post Box 64, Irkutsk 664047, Russia. sufianov@bk.ru
Sufianova
Galina Zinovievna
GZ
Iakimov
Iurii Alekseevich
IA
D000328:Adult; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001344:Autopsy; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D042282:Microdissection; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D044583:Neuroendoscopy; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D055815:Young Adult