Complications in skull base surgery for malignancy

OBJECTIVES: To review a consecutive series of skull base surgeries, establish the rate of complications, and outline their prevention and management. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of 107 consecutive intracranial/extracranial operations performed for malignancy that transgresses the skull base. METHODS: The hospital charts of 107 operations performed on 98 patients at the University of California at Davis Medical Center. The type of operation, cause of death, and complications were noted. RESULTS: The complication rate was 50.5%. Forty-eight patients had no complications. There were six perioperative deaths. The most common surgical complications were cerebrospinal fluid leak (11.2%), meningitis (4.8%), and wound breakdown (15%). The most common medical complications were pneumonia (6.5%), cardiac disturbance (4.7%), and electrolyte imbalance (3.7%). The only prior treatment that was accompanied by a significant increase in complications was previous surgery. CONCLUSIONS: patients who had cranial base surgery for the intracranial spread of head and neck cancer. The perioperative death rate is less than 4%. The major complications were at an acceptable rate.     

Image guidance systems for minimally invasive sinus and skull base surgery in children

Objective

The use of image guidance for sinonasal and skull base surgery has been well-characterized in adults but there is limited information on the use of these systems in the pediatric population, despite their widespread use. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of image guidance systems to facilitate an endoscopic minimally invasive approach to sinonasal and skull base surgery in a pediatric population.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed at a tertiary pediatric hospital. Thirty-three children presented with complications of sinusitis, tumors, traumatic, or congenital lesions of the skull base and underwent endoscopic surgery using image guidance from March 2000 to April 2007. Patient variables including diagnosis, extent of disease, and complications were extracted from paper and computer charts. Additional surgical variables including set-up time, accuracy, surgeon satisfaction index and number of uses per case were also reviewed.

Results

Twenty-eight patients (85%) underwent sinonasal surgery and five (15%) underwent skull base surgery. Indications included infectious complications of acute sinusitis (N = 15), neoplasms (N = 12), choanal atresia (N = 4), and cerebrospinal fluid leak (N = 2). Thirty-one patients (94%) required only one procedure. No surgical complications were reported. Surgeon satisfaction, mean accuracy and number of uses per procedure increased over time (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Image guidance systems are safe and effective tools that facilitate a minimally invasive approach to sinonasal and skull base surgery in children. Consistent with adult literature, usage and surgeon comfort increased with experience. The additional anatomical information obtained by image guidance systems facilitates a minimally invasive endoscopic approach for sinonasal and skull base pathologies.     

鼻内镜下上颌窦入路鼻-颅底区域的解剖学分析

目的创建内镜下经上颌窦入路翼腭窝及颞下窝解剖模型,寻找内镜下咽旁间隙段颈内动脉的定位方法。方法 对100例成人行鼻、颅底CT扫描并用Mimics软件进行三维重建;在重建模型上分别测量犁骨后缘中点至颈内动脉相关解剖标志的角度和距离。同时对6具尸头于鼻内镜下经上颌窦联合入路解剖翼腭窝和颞下窝,以咽鼓管为中心向外、向后逐步暴露并定位咽旁间隙段颈内动脉。结果犁骨后缘中点至破裂孔、颈动脉管外孔、颈静脉孔的角度平均值分别为72.0°、57.6°、54.1°,犁骨后缘中点至以上各孔的距离平均值分别为13.65、31.81、32.5 mm,蝶骨角棘与颈动脉管外口前界平均距离为5.92 mm。结论鼻内镜下经鼻联合上颌窦开窗入路能充分的暴露翼腭窝和颞下窝结构。犁骨后根、蝶骨翼突、蝶骨角棘、卵圆孔和茎突是颈内动脉相关颅底解剖的重要标志;蝶骨角棘、骨性咽鼓管口为颈动脉管外口前界的重要骨性标志,术中不超越该界限有助于减少损伤咽旁间隙段颈内动脉。     

Internal carotid artery injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery and its management

Rupture of the internal carotid artery (ICA) during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a rare complication, which can potentially result in death. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature thus far. We present four cases with an ICA bleeding during sphenoidotomy. The treatment is discussed and an emergency plan to manage the heavy arterial bleeding is presented.     

Endoscopic skull base surgery for sinonasal malignancy

Management of malignant neoplasms of the sinonasal tract and skull base is hampered by the relative low incidence and pathologic diversity of patient presentations. Many studies have reported successful outcomes in the endoscopic management of malignancy since 1996, and these are summarized in this article. Nonsurgical adjuvant therapies are important for locoregional control because surgery occurs in a restricted anatomic space with close margins to critical structures, and distant disease is an ongoing concern in these disorders. There remains a need for collaborative consistent multicenter reporting, and international registries have been established to assist in such efforts.     

Skull base osteomyelitis missed in mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma

Conclusions A high suspicion of skull base involvement should be warranted, even if radiological findings are not atypical, in cases of chronic otitis media (COM) with cholesteatoma. Objective To investigate some clues indicating the development of skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) in patients who received mastoidectomy, through reviewing pre-operative temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT). Method Retrospective review of patients with SBO after mastoidectomy for COM. A total of five patients with SBO after mastoidectomy with available pre-operative TBCTs were enrolled in this study. Results All patients were diagnosed as COM with cholesteatoma and open cavity mastoidectomy was performed. After surgery, SBO were occurred. The recovery in these five patients was complicated by lower cranial nerve palsy, and one patient had a stroke due to lateral thrombophlebitis. Through re-interpretation of pre-operative TBCT, the bony destruction around the skull base missed at the initial diagnosis was observed in all cases.     

3D打印技术在颅底肿瘤手术中的应用

目的 通过三维重建颅底肿瘤及周围的组织结构,获取颅底肿瘤及其周围结构的解剖参数,铸造并打印个体化三维模型,研究3D打印技术在颅底瘤性病变手术治疗中的作用及应用价值。方法 收集2019年5月—2021年1月天津市环湖医院收治的15例复杂颅底肿瘤(包括脑膜瘤、垂体瘤、嗅神经母细胞瘤、颅咽管瘤、神经鞘瘤、脊索瘤)患者的临床病例资料。根据患者术前影像学,如CT、 MRI、计算机断层扫描血管造影(CTA)、三维重建的原始数据,利用“MINICS”软件读取患者影像学原始图像,应用3D打印软件及三维重建技术,个性化设计颅底占位的手术方案。结果 三维重建并打印15例患者的颅底肿瘤及其周围结构的个体化模型。依据三维重建模型分析肿瘤周边重要血管的分布及走行,术中加以保护及预防损伤。15例患者均顺利完成手术,其中14例获得全切除,患者术后恢复良好,未见肿瘤复发及术后并发症;1例大部分切除患者(梭形细胞恶性肿瘤)术后复发,予手术+放疗结合的综合性治疗后好转。结论 利用3D技术打印的个体化颅底肿瘤三维模型,可用于设计和规划颅底肿瘤切除及术后修复重建,对于指导临床彻底切除肿瘤组织、保护毗邻神经、血管及术后修复缺损具有重要意义。     

鼻内镜下可用的带血管蒂组织瓣文献综述

鼻内镜颅底外科术后隔绝颅腔与鼻腔的交通是该学科发展面对的挑战之一,近年利用带血管蒂组织瓣,经内镜手术入路修复颅底缺损获得满意疗效。颅底局部性和区域性带血管蒂组织瓣,修复范围广泛、取材方便、抗感染性强、易于成活,是修复颅底缺损的最佳选择。本文对内镜下修复颅底常用带血管蒂组织瓣进行综述。     

鼻内镜鼻窦手术前筛窦颅底高度的CT评估价值

目的 探讨内镜鼻窦手术前应用CT评估筛窦颅底高度的价值。 方法 选取就诊于我院的100例共200侧的鼻窦冠状CT扫描图像,测量筛前动脉水平的筛顶中点至眶水平中线的距离,根据测量数据进行分型,同时进行Keros分型,用皮尔森相关系数来确定两者之间是否存在相关性。 结果 筛前动脉管水平的筛顶中点至眶水平中线的距离作为筛窦颅底高度。根据筛窦颅底的高度进行分型,其中Ⅰ型即筛窦颅底高度>7 mm(高位颅底)占44%(88/200),Ⅱ型即筛窦颅底高度介于4~7 mm(中位颅底)占41%(82/200),Ⅲ型即筛窦颅底高度<4 mm(低位颅底)占15%(30/200)。按Keros方法进行测量并分型,Ⅰ型占37%(74/200),Ⅱ型占52%(104/200),Ⅲ型占11%(22/200);Keros分型与筛窦颅底高度之间的皮尔森相关系数为0.384(P<0.001),Keros分型与筛窦颅底高度呈弱相关性。 结论 筛窦颅底高度存在明显差异,术前进行CT影像评估,可有效识别低颅底变异,有助于避免颅底损伤,进而减少内镜手术并发症。     

神经内镜经双鼻孔入路在颅底外科中的应用

目的回顾性分析神经内镜经双鼻孔入路在颅底外科手术中的应用。方法收集70例颅底疾病患者神经内镜经双鼻孔入路行颅底手术治疗的临床资料。其中垂体腺瘤40例,鞍结节脑膜瘤11例,嗅沟脑膜瘤、脊索瘤、脑脊液鼻漏修补及视神经管减压各3例,颅咽管瘤、齿状突畸形各2例,眶内海绵状血管瘤、表皮样囊肿及鼻咽癌各1例。术后观察患者临床疗效。结果手术切除肿瘤62例,完全切除54例(87.1%),次全切除8例(12.9%);其中3例脑脊液鼻漏修补完全治愈,3例视神经管减压后视力好转,2例齿状突切除术后神经症状明显改善。结论神经内镜经双鼻孔入路能充分暴露鞍区等颅底结构,有效避免因空间狭窄所引起的操作不便,值得临床推广应用。     

Diseases of the intrapetrous carotid artery

Summary In the early years of skull base surgery, total tumor removal was often deemed impossible due to involvement of the intrapetrous carotid artery. In contrast, previously considered unresectable lesions may be removed totally in selected cases, with reasonable expectation of successful treatment at the present time. Current techniques and operative exposures, when modified to accommodate the problem of intracranial extensions of tumor and when approached with neurosurgical collaboration, permit the removal of many of these difficult tumors. This retrospective study of 33 patients treated over the past 5 years offers a critical analysis of our treatment, and a categorization of abnormalities known to affect this anatomic region containing the vessel.     

Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging for skull base surgery

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Skull base surgery has evolved over the past several decades. Major improvements in the imaging of skull base pathology led to better target localization and better surgical planning. The objectives of this study were to assess the use of intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the management of a series of patients with skull base pathology. We hypothesized that high-quality intraoperative MR imaging would have an impact on surgery in this patient group. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, non-randomized, cohort study. METHODS: Thirty-one patients with skull base lesions underwent surgery in a 1.5-Tesla intraoperative MR suite. The concepts of a moving magnet, high magnetic field strength, and radiofrequency coil design are presented. RESULTS: Eleven of 31 patients had the course of surgery significantly altered by the information acquired from the images obtained during surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative MR imaging is a valuable adjunct to skull base surgery. One third of patients had altered surgery as a result of this adjunct. Intraoperative MR imaging is of particular value in the treatment of pituitary adenomas and benign skull base tumors.     

影像导航系统在颅底外科手术中的应用

目的探讨影像导航系统在颅底外科手术中的应用。方法鞍区垂体腺瘤50例，蝶窦囊肿10例，外伤性视神经管骨折5例，应用影像导航系统进行手术治疗,分析手术治疗效果及其优缺点。结果全部病人术后反应轻微，无明显手术并发症。经随访3年以上，鞍内肿瘤及蝶窦囊肿未见复发，视神经减压患者003例恢复了光感。结论在影像导航系统辅助下开展颅底手术，解剖定位准确，减少了盲目操作，实现了微创手术原则，减少了并发症。