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ArticleSurgical neurology international2020

Relationship of superior sagittal sinus with sagittal midline: A surgical application.

Dan Zimelewicz Oberman, Nícollas Nunes Rabelo, Jorge Luiz Amorim Correa, Pablo Ajler

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Dan Zimelewicz ObermanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Força Aérea do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nícollas Nunes RabeloDepartment of Neurosurgery, Atenas Medical School, Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jorge Luiz Amorim CorreaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Força Aérea do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pablo AjlerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Academia da Força Aérea · BRHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · AR

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Abstract

backgroundInterhemispheric approach is widely used to surgical management of midline tumors and vascular lesion in and around the third ventricle. Complete exposure of the superior sagittal sinus to obtain adequate working space of midline lesion is difficult, because of the risk to inadvertent injury to the sinus and bridging veins, which may cause several neurological deficits. Understanding the SSS neuroanatomy and its relationships with external surgical landmarks avoid such complications. The objective of this study is to accurately describe the position of SSS and its displacement in relation with sagittal midline by magnetic resonance imaging.

methodsA retrospective cross-sectional, observational study was performed. Magnetic resonance image of 76 adult patients with no pathological imaging was analyzed. The position of the halfway between nasion and bregma, bregma, halfway between bregma and lambda, and lambda was performed. The width and the displacement of the superior sagittal sinus accordingly to the sagittal midline were assessed in those landmarks.

resultsThe mean width of superior sagittal sinus at halfway between nasion and bregma, bregma, halfway between bregma and lambda, and lambda was 5.62 ± 2.5, 6.5 ± 2.8, 7.4 ± 3.2, and 8.5 ± 2.1 mm, respectively, without gender discrepancy. The mean displacement according to the midline at those landmarks showed a statistically significant difference to the right side among sexes.

conclusionIn this study, we demonstrate that sagittal midline may approximate external location of the superior sagittal sinus. Our data showed that in the majority of the cases, the superior sagittal sinus is displaced to the right side of sagittal midline as far as 16.3 mm. The data we obtained provide useful information that suggest that neurosurgeons should use safety margin to perform burr holes and drillings at the sagittal midline.

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Anatomical studyBregmaCoronal sutureDural sinusSuperior sagittal sinus

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