[Surgical anatomy of the lateral ventricles].
The lateral ventricle is a deep-seated cavity, overlayed by a cortical mantle which contains eloquent areas, especially on the dominant hemisphere, and surrounded by the optic radiations. The surgical approach requires a thorough preoperative reflexion based on magnetic resonance imaging, in order to understand the site of origin and the vascular pedicles of the tumor. Surgical approaches to the frontal horn, temporal horn and atrium are successively described.
Clinique de neurochirurgie, hôpital Roger-Salengro, CHRU de Lille, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France. jeanpaul.lejeune@chru-lille.fr
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D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery