Open AccessContralateral transcondylar fossa approach with bilateral V3 segment exposure for clipping of vertebral artery aneurysm which deviates across midline: A case report and review article
Author(s) -
Kitiporn Sriamornrattanakul,
Nasaeng Akharathammachote,
Somkiat Wongsuriyanan,
Atithep Mongkolratnan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_90_19
Subject(s) - medicine , clipping (morphology) , aneurysm , vertebral artery , radiology , fossa , posterior fossa , anatomy , surgery , philosophy , linguistics
This article reports a patient with unruptured right vertebral artery aneurysm which deviates across the midline to the left side. The contralateral (left) transcondylar fossa approach with bilateral V3 exposure is used for aneurysm clipping. The literature related to this technique is also reviewed.