Surgical Strategy for Trigeminal Schwannomas(Skull Base Surgery in the Radiosurgery Era)
Trigeminal schwannomaに対する手術戦略(<特集>Radiosurgery時代の頭蓋底外科治療)

Kazunari Yoshida
2011 Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery  
Recent advances in skull base surgery and insight to the membranous structures surrounding the trigeminal nerve have coIltributed to the safe and complete removal of the trigeminal schwannomas . We have proposed a MPE classification for the trigeminal schwannonlas according to their origin and extension patterns . Types M , R and E are tumors involvhlg a single compartment , that is , the 皿 iddle fossa , posteriQr fossa , or extracranial space , respectively . Types MP ( middle and posterior
more » ... sae > , ME ( middle fossa and extracranial space > , or MPE ( middle and posterior fossae and extracranial space )are tumors involving multiple compartmerlts . The surgical strategy for these various trigeminal schwannomas baseCl on the analysis of their developmenta1 patterns is described . (
doi:10.7887/jcns.20.183 fatcat:kxhprkje2zgenj477a3l4qw4pm