ArticleActa neurochirurgica2021
The benefits of inferolateral transtubercular route on intradural surgical exposure using the endoscopic endonasal transclival approach.
Article in Acta neurochirurgica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of the relationship of the sigmoid sinus with the facial nerve and semicircular canals in terms of mastoid surgery.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Anatomical Step-by-Step Dissection of Complex Skull Base Approaches for Trainees: Surgical Anatomy of the Endoscopic Endonasal Middle-Inferior Clivectomy, Odontoidectomy, and Far-Medial Approach.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2024Article
- Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSurgical access to the ventral pontomedullary junction (PMJ) can be achieved through various corridors depending on the location and extension of the lesion. The jugular tubercle (JT), a surgically challenging obstacle to access the PMJ, typically needs to be addressed in transcranial exposures. We describe the endoscopic endonasal transclival approach (EETCA) and its inferolateral transtubercular extension to assess the intradural surgical field gained through JT removal. We also complement the dissections with an illustrative case.
methodsEETCA was surgically simulated, and the anatomical landmarks were assessed in eight cadaveric heads. Microsurgical dissections were additionally performed along the endoscopic surgical path. Lastly, we present an intraoperative video of the trans-JT approach in a patient with lower clival chordoma.
resultsThe EETCA allowed adequate extracranial visualization and removal of the JT. The surgical bony window-obtained along the clivus and centered at the JT via the EETCA-measured 11 × 9 × 7 mm. Removal of the JT provided an improved intradural field within the lower third of the cerebellopontine cistern to expose an area bordered by the cranial nerves VII/VIII and flocculus superior and anterior margin of the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle and cranial nerves IX-XI inferiorly, centered on the foramen of Luschka.
conclusionsRemoval of the JT via EETCA improves exposure along the lower third of the cerebellopontine and upper cerebellomedullary cisterns. The inferolateral transtubercular extension of the EETCA provides access to the lateral recess of the fourth ventricle, in combination with the ventral midline pontomedullary region.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.