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V033: INTRADURAL ANTERIOR PETROSECTOMY FOR REMOVAL OF A PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMA
Marco Schiariti; Riccardo Ciocca; Edoardo Barbieri; Luca Mattioli; Leonardo Maresca; Erica Boccardi; Francesco Restelli; Morgan Broggi; Paolo Ferroli; IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

We present the case of a woman with a right side petroclival meningioma. We decided to perform an intradural anterior petrosectomy to mitigate the risks of the classic Kawase approach and the extensive petrous bone removal often performed without a direct view of the surgical target during drilling. Our main limitation was the difficulty in identifying the classical landmarks of petrous apex drilling from an intradural perspective. Intraoperative neuronavigation wasessential to compensate it

 

 

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