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The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors.

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Liu, JK; Sameshima, T; Gottfried, ON; Couldwell, WT; Fukushima, T
Published in: Neurosurgery
July 2006

Complex tumors OF the glomus jugulare present a surgical challenge because of their difficult location, extreme vascularity, and involvement with multiple cranial nerves. Modern microneurosurgical and cranial base techniques have enabled safe total removal of these complicated tumors. We describe a one-stage transjugular posterior infratemporal fossa approach for radical resection of glomus jugulare tumors located around the jugular foramen, the lower clivus, and the high cervical region from an anterolateral direction. This approach is a combination of transmastoid, suprajugular, transjugular, extreme lateral infrajugular transcondylar transtubercular, and high cervical approaches. Total exposure of the jugular foramen can be achieved, and multidirectional approaches can be performed, including infralabyrinthine/suprajugular, retrosigmoid/transcondylar/infrajugular, and transjugular exposures. Exposure of the vertical C7 segment of the infratemporal internal carotid artery and the lower clivus can be performed without permanent rerouting of the facial nerve. The details of this approach are described and illustrated in a stepwise fashion, and the microsurgical anatomy is reviewed.

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Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

EISSN

1524-4040

Publication Date

July 2006

Volume

59

Issue

1 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

ONS115 / ONS125

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skull Base Neoplasms
  • Petrous Bone
  • Occipital Bone
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Microsurgery
  • Jugular Veins
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor
  • Facial Nerve Injuries
 

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Liu, J. K., Sameshima, T., Gottfried, O. N., Couldwell, W. T., & Fukushima, T. (2006). The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors. Neurosurgery, 59(1 Suppl 1), ONS115–ONS125. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000220025.81500.8D
Liu, James K., Tetsuro Sameshima, Oren N. Gottfried, William T. Couldwell, and Takanori Fukushima. “The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors.Neurosurgery 59, no. 1 Suppl 1 (July 2006): ONS115–25. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000220025.81500.8D.
Liu JK, Sameshima T, Gottfried ON, Couldwell WT, Fukushima T. The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors. Neurosurgery. 2006 Jul;59(1 Suppl 1):ONS115–25.
Liu, James K., et al. “The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors.Neurosurgery, vol. 59, no. 1 Suppl 1, July 2006, pp. ONS115–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000220025.81500.8D.
Liu JK, Sameshima T, Gottfried ON, Couldwell WT, Fukushima T. The combined transmastoid retro- and infralabyrinthine transjugular transcondylar transtubercular high cervical approach for resection of glomus jugulare tumors. Neurosurgery. 2006 Jul;59(1 Suppl 1):ONS115–ONS125.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

EISSN

1524-4040

Publication Date

July 2006

Volume

59

Issue

1 Suppl 1

Start / End Page

ONS115 / ONS125

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skull Base Neoplasms
  • Petrous Bone
  • Occipital Bone
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Microsurgery
  • Jugular Veins
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Humans
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor
  • Facial Nerve Injuries