ArticleJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base2015
Indicators of a Reduced Intercarotid Artery Distance in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery.
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- Pooled it
- Assessment of sellar parameters using computed tomography for a safe endonasal transsphenoidal approach in pituitary surgery.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Specific imaging features of sellar atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor or the lack of thereof.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Anatomical considerations in acromegalic patients: A multicentric cohort study.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Pituitary macroadenoma causing vision loss in Wyburn-Mason syndrome: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- Carotid artery injury in endoscopic endonasal surgery: Risk factors, prevention, and management.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2022Review
- Sellar Remodeling after Surgery for Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma: Intercarotid Distance as a Predictor of Recurrence.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2020Article
- Simulations and human cadaver head studies to identify optimal acoustic receiver locations for minimally invasive photoacoustic-guided neurosurgery.Photoacoustics · 2020Article
- The changing sella: internal carotid artery shift during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery.Pituitary · 2017Article
- Anatomic Variations in Pituitary Endocrinopathies: Implications for the Surgical Corridor.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2017Article
- Factors predicting outcomes of endoscopic endonasal approach in craniopharyngioma patients.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
Objective To identify clinicopathologic factors associated with a reduced intercarotid distance (ICD) and subgroups at risk for internal carotid artery injury during transsphenoidal surgery. Design A retrospective case-control study. Setting This study was conducted at the McGill University Health Centre, a university-affiliated tertiary care center. Participants Patients with a sellar or parasellar tumor and nontumor controls were included in the study. Main Outcome Measures The smallest distance between the internal carotid arteries at the clival, cavernous, and paraclinoid segments on coronal magnetic resonance imaging was measured. Demographic profiles, cephalometric measurements, tumor dimensions, and sphenoid configuration were assessed as potential determinants of the ICD. Results A total of 212 cases and 34 controls were analyzed. Widening of the ICD at the three segments of the internal carotid arteries was found in patients with pituitary macroadenomas (p < 0.01). Patients with a growth hormone-secreting adenoma had a markedly reduced ICD at the clivus compared with controls (1.59 cm versus 1.77 cm; p = 0.02; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.03-0.32). The paraclinoid ICD was reduced in patients with an anterior fossa meningioma (1.24 cm versus 1.33 cm; p = 0.04; 95% CI, 0.01-0.45). Conclusion Identifying clinicopathologic factors affecting the ICD can help surgeons recognize constraints to endoscopic access of the skull base and avoid inadvertent arterial injury.
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