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Review the surgical management, anatomical landmarks, and tailored skull base approaches for posterior circulation and basilar artery aneurysms.

August 1, 2005Neurosurgical FOCUSOpen Access

Skull base approaches to the basilar artery

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LGL. Fernando GonzalezUniversidad de Panamá SASepideh Amin‐HanjaniUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland NBNicholas C. BambakidisUniversity School

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Clinical review reports surgical approaches for basilar artery aneurysms, highlighting bone resection to expand corridors and minimize brain retraction.

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Review the surgical management, anatomical landmarks, and tailored skull base approaches for posterior circulation and basilar artery aneurysms.
Reviewed the microsurgical anatomy of the basilar artery and posterior circulation aneurysm distributions.
Synthesized skull base operative strategies based on aneurysm location and relationships to the clivus, dorsum sellae, and petrous apex.
Identified maximal bone resection as the central surgical tenet to create wider corridors, enhance instrument maneuverability, and minimize brain retraction.
Described approach selection and technical nuances customized to lesion topography relative to critical bony skull base structures.

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Gonzalez et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9520ecdd1b902261fa58ce https://doi.org/10.3171/foc.2005.19.2.4

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Clinical review reports surgical approaches for basilar artery aneurysms, highlighting bone resection to expand corridors and minimize brain retraction.

Skull base approaches to the basilar artery

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Skull base approaches to the basilar artery

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