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Dorsolateral Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

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Cranial, Craniofacial and Skull Base Surgery

Abstract

The region of the craniocervical junction is the site of various pathological lesions. Due to the complex topographical anatomy, performing surgery within this area requires great experience and knowledge in both spinal and skull-base anatomy. The most frequent tumors located within the craniocervical junction area are meningiomas. These lesions may occur in a great variety of appearances in terms of histological type, size, extension, insertion, vascularity, invasiveness, involvement of the vertebral artery, and growth pattern. Accordingly, the surgical removal of such tumors must be adequately adapted to all these variations. Apart from meningiomas, we have also treated a number of other lesions within this area such as neurinomas, ependymomas, hemangioblastomas, etc.

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  1. Dept of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

    Helmut Bertalanffy, Oliver Bozinov, Oguzkan Sürücü & Niklaus Krayenbühl

  2. Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany

    Ulrich Sure

  3. Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany

    Ludwig Benes & Christoph Kappus

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Bertalanffy, H. et al. (2010). Dorsolateral Approach to the Craniocervical Junction. In: Cappabianca, P., Iaconetta, G., Califano, L. (eds) Cranial, Craniofacial and Skull Base Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1167-0_14

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