title: Far-lateral approach assisted by multimodal neuronavigation and electrophysiological monitoring technique for complex clival tumor.
abstract: Large clival meningiomas are a major surgical challenge with risks to life and permanent deficit. A 65-year-old man with a meningioma anterior to the medulla oblongata with brain stem compression was operated with far-lateral approach assisted by multimodal neuronavigation and neurophysiological monitoring techniques. Total resection of the tumor was achieved with no intra- or post-operative complications. This case illustrates the benefits obtained by a multimodal approach.
authors: a Department of Neurosurgery , Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University , Wuxi , P. R. China.
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: Huang
authors: Minchao
authors: M
authors: Dai
authors: Chao
authors: C
authors: Cheng
authors: Dequan
authors: D
authors: Wu
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Jiang
authors: Zhimin
authors: Z
authors: Zhou
authors: Junfei
authors: J
authors: Shao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: brainstem tumour; cerebellopontine angle; monitoring; neurosurgery