Sebastian Gaston Jaimovich, Kazuhito Takeuchi, Victoria Tcherbbis Testa, Eriko Okumura, Roberto Jaimovich, Giuseppe Cinalli
BACKGROUND: Periventricular pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) present a surgical challenge due to their deep-seated location, accessibility, and relationship with the subcortical network connections. Minimally invasive parafascicular approaches with tubular brain retractors (port brain surgery) have emerged, in recent years, as an alternative to conventional microsurgical and endoscopic approaches for removal of periventricular tumors. OBJECTIVES: To describe the minimally invasive approach with tubular brain retractors for periventricular pLGG, its technique, applications, safety, and efficacy...
April 22, 2024: Child's Nervous System: ChNS: Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery