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- Title
Surgical management of brainstem cavernous malformations.
- Authors
Ramina, Ricardo; Mattei, Tobias; Aguiar, Paulo; Meneses, Murilo; Ferraz, Vinicius; Aires, Rogério; Kirchhoff, Dierk; Carvalho Kirchhoff, Daniel
- Abstract
Bleeding from brainstem cavernomas may cause severe deficits due to the absence of non-eloquent nervous tissue and the presence of several ascending and descending white matter tracts and nerve nuclei. Surgical removal of these lesions presents a challenge to the most surgeons. The authors present their experience with the surgical treatment of 43 patients with brainstem cavernomas. Important aspects of microsurgical anatomy are reviewed. The surgical management, with special focus on new intraoperative technologies as well as controversies on indications and timing of surgery are presented. According to several published studies the outcome of brainstem cavernomas treated conservatively is poor. In our experience, surgical resection remains the treatment of choice if there was previous hemorrhage and the lesion reaches the surface of brainstem. These procedures should be performed by experienced neurosurgeons in referral centers employing all the currently available technology.
- Subjects
HEMANGIOMAS; BRAIN stem; BLOOD-vessel abnormalities; NERVE tissue; MICROSURGERY; OPERATIVE surgery; DISEASE management
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2011, Vol 32, Issue 6, p1013
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-011-0477-8