Background Craniopharyngioma treatment often necessitates surgical resection.
Conventional approaches, such as transcranial and transsphenoidal approaches, are …

The craniovertebral junction (CVJ), or the craniocervical junction (CCJ) as it is otherwise
known, houses the crossroads of the CNS and is composed of the occipital bone that …

Objective To assess the assumed advantages of pure endoscopic and endoscope-assisted
methods for the supraorbital keyhole approach. The aim is to demonstrate visibility and …

Background The availability of minimal access instrumentation and endoscopic visualization
has revolutionized the field of minimally invasive skull base surgery. The transorbital …

Objective Minimally invasive alternatives to the pterional craniotomy include the
minipterional and the supraorbital craniotomy (SOC). The latter is performed via either an …

Background Supraorbital eyebrow keyhole craniotomy is a minimally invasive alternative to
a frontotemporal craniotomy and is often used for tumor resection and aneurysm clipping …

Background Conventional craniotomy approaches involve substantial soft tissue
manipulation that can cause complications. The transciliary supraorbital keyhole approach …

Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a common complication after
neurosurgical intervention. It is associated with substantial morbidity and increased …

Background Supraorbital keyhole craniotomy is a minimally invasive approach used to
access the parasellar region with advantages of decreased cortical exposure, simple …

OBJECTIVE Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is mostly safe but may have serious
complications. Most of the complications are inherent to the procedure's intra-axial nature …