Book contents
- Integrated Management of Complex Intracranial Lesions
- Integrated Management of Complex Intracranial Lesions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Section I Endoscopic Endonasal (EN) Combined Approaches
- Section II Open Combined Approaches
- Chapter 6 Combined Transcranial Approach for Tumor Resection and Anterior Circulation Vascular Bypass
- Chapter 7 Hybrid/Combined Strategies for Vestibular Schwannomas
- Chapter 8 Transchoroidal, Subchoroidal, and Combined Approaches to the Third Ventricle
- Chapter 9 Combined Orbitofrontal Craniotomy and Direct Orbital Decompression
- Chapter 10 Transbasal and Transfacial Approach for Paranasal and Anterior Cranial Fossa Tumors
- Chapter 11 Combined Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Mastoidectomy for Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair and Encephalocele Resection
- Chapter 12 Transcochlear and Extended/Combined Transcochlear Approaches for Complex Tumors of the Skull Base and Posterior Cranial Fossa
- Chapter 13 Combined Retrosigmoid and Orbitozygomatic Approach
- Chapter 14 Combined Retrosigmoid and Limited Anterior Petrosectomy (“Reverse Petrosectomy”)
- Chapter 15 Combined Suboccipital Craniotomy and Neck Dissection
- Chapter 16 Combined Petrosal Approach
- Chapter 17 Combined Keyhole Paramedian Supracerebellar-Transtentorial Approach
- Chapter 18 Combined Multi-portal “Pull-Through” Keyhole Craniotomy
- Chapter 19 Combined Keyhole Craniotomies for Multifocal or Multiple Lesions
- Chapter 20 Combined Microsurgical and Endovascular Treatment of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Pathology
- Chapter 21 Combined Transsylvian-Subtemporal Approach to Anterior Circulation and Basilar Apex Aneurysms
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Combined Keyhole Craniotomies for Multifocal or Multiple Lesions
from Section II - Open Combined Approaches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2021
- Integrated Management of Complex Intracranial Lesions
- Integrated Management of Complex Intracranial Lesions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Section I Endoscopic Endonasal (EN) Combined Approaches
- Section II Open Combined Approaches
- Chapter 6 Combined Transcranial Approach for Tumor Resection and Anterior Circulation Vascular Bypass
- Chapter 7 Hybrid/Combined Strategies for Vestibular Schwannomas
- Chapter 8 Transchoroidal, Subchoroidal, and Combined Approaches to the Third Ventricle
- Chapter 9 Combined Orbitofrontal Craniotomy and Direct Orbital Decompression
- Chapter 10 Transbasal and Transfacial Approach for Paranasal and Anterior Cranial Fossa Tumors
- Chapter 11 Combined Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Mastoidectomy for Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair and Encephalocele Resection
- Chapter 12 Transcochlear and Extended/Combined Transcochlear Approaches for Complex Tumors of the Skull Base and Posterior Cranial Fossa
- Chapter 13 Combined Retrosigmoid and Orbitozygomatic Approach
- Chapter 14 Combined Retrosigmoid and Limited Anterior Petrosectomy (“Reverse Petrosectomy”)
- Chapter 15 Combined Suboccipital Craniotomy and Neck Dissection
- Chapter 16 Combined Petrosal Approach
- Chapter 17 Combined Keyhole Paramedian Supracerebellar-Transtentorial Approach
- Chapter 18 Combined Multi-portal “Pull-Through” Keyhole Craniotomy
- Chapter 19 Combined Keyhole Craniotomies for Multifocal or Multiple Lesions
- Chapter 20 Combined Microsurgical and Endovascular Treatment of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Pathology
- Chapter 21 Combined Transsylvian-Subtemporal Approach to Anterior Circulation and Basilar Apex Aneurysms
- Index
- References
Summary
It has been well established that surgical resection in patients with singular symptomatic brain metastases prolongs survival. However, surgical resection for patients with multiple symptomatic brain metastases is less commonly performed and reported in the literature, and even avoided, for a multitude of reasons. However, the advent of minimally invasive keyhole techniques has allowed for an increased survival benefit from simultaneous resections of multifocal or multiple lesions, without increasing morbidity. These keyhole techniques have improved the quality of life in patients with multiple lesions by increasing the total extent of resection, which has been shown to correlate with overall patient survival, while minimizing recovery and morbidity. This chapter details the patient selection criteria, preoperative planning, surgical technique, steps for complication avoidance, and postoperative considerations necessary for developing an appropriate treatment plan utilizing multiple keyhole craniotomies in a single surgical setting.
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- Integrated Management of Complex Intracranial LesionsOpen, Endoscopic, and Keyhole Techniques, pp. 196 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021