Indications Corridor And Limits Of Exposure: Cavernous malformations of the third ventricle arise from the medial thalamus and/or periaqueductal midbrain. Microsurgical resection is indicated when the lifetime risk of hemorrhage outweighs the surgical risks.
Anatomic Essentials Need For Preoperative Planning And Assessment: superior sagittal sinus, callosomarginal and pericallosal arteries, corpus callosum, foramen of Monro, choroidal fissure, fornix, thalamostriate veins, internal cerebral veins (ICVs), velum interpositum, and thalamus.
Essential Steps Of The Procedure: The patient consents to the procedure. With the patient supine, the head is turned 90° and laterally flexed 45°. A bifrontal craniotomy positioned two-thirds anterior and one-third posterior to the coronal suture is performed. The interhemispheric fissure is opened, and a 2-cm corpus callosotomy is performed. Choroid plexus cauterization exposes the choroidal fissure. Sharp division of the taenia fornicea opens the velum interpositum, where the thalamostriate vein can be followed around the venous angle to the ICV. The anterior septal vein may be divided to communicate between the foramen of Monro and choroidal fissure. Dissection between the ICVs opens the velum interpositum into the third ventricle.
Pitfalls/avoidance Of Complications: Frontal or deep vein occlusion causes venous infarction, and dissection on the nondominant hemisphere is preferred. Other complications include arterial infarction, fornix injury from choroidal fissure dissection or forniceal retraction, and thalamic or midbrain injury during lesion resection.
Variants And Indications For Their Use: The contralateral choroidal fissure is used for low-lying medial thalamic and midbrain lesions. The ipsilateral choroidal fissure is used for high-lying or large lesions extending laterally. Transchoroidal approaches are not needed for superior (transcallosal only) or anterior (contralateral transcallosal-contralateral transforaminal) thalamic lesions. Used with permission from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.
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