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ArticleNeurosurgical focus: Video2024

Occipital-interhemispheric transtentorial pineal mass resection.

Grant Arzumanov, Seung W Jeong, Bhavika Gupta, Rocco Dabecco, Jose Sandoval, Matthew J Shepard, Jody Leonardo, Alexander Yu

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Article in Neurosurgical focus: Video, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pilocytic astrocytoma surgery via the pineal region in a 9-year-old boy via the infratentorial-supracerebellar approach.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  3. Surgical Approaches to Pineal Region Tumors.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Grant ArzumanovDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Seung W JeongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bhavika GuptaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Rocco DabeccoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jose SandovalDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Matthew J ShepardDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jody LeonardoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Alexander YuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The occipital approach for pineal tumors was first described by James Poppen in 1966. Since then, it has been widely used for accessing deep-seated tumors as it offers a wider surgical view than the supracerebellar transtentorial approach. This video demonstrates the technical nuances of the occipital transtentorial approach and the exoscopic dissection of a pineal gland tumor in a 66-year-old male. Use of the exoscope over the microscope provides certain ergonomic advantages and improves surgical workflow, as demonstrated here. The video can be found here: https://stream.cadmore.media/r10.3171/2023.10.FOCVID23161.

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exoscopeimproved ergonomicsmicroscopic excisionoccipital interhemipsheric transtentorialpineal tumor

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PMID38283813
PMCPMC10821640

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