Open AccessCerebral corridor creator for resection of trigone ventricular tumors: Two case reports
Author(s) -
Xing-Wu Liu,
Wei-Rong Lu,
Tianyi Zhang,
Xu-Sheng Hou,
Zhiqiang Fa,
Shizhong Zhang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i6.1914
Subject(s) - trigone of urinary bladder , medicine , white matter , diffusion mri , glasgow outcome scale , surgery , resection , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , glasgow coma scale , urinary bladder
Resection of deep intracranial tumors requires significant brain retraction, which frequently causes brain damage. In particular, tumor in the trigone of the lateral ventricular presents a surgical challenge due to its inaccessible location and intricate adjacent relationships with essential structures such as the optic radiation (OR) fibers. New brain retraction systems have been developed to minimize retraction-associated injury. To date, there is little evidence supporting the superiority of any retraction system in preserving the white matter tract integrity. This report illustrates the initial surgical excision in two patients using a new retraction system termed the cerebral corridor creator (CCC) and demonstrates its advantage in protecting OR fibers.