Cranio-Orbital Tumors; Clinical Results and Surgical Approach

The Cranio-orbital Surgical Approach for Tumours of the Orbit and Anterior Skull Base

The cranio-orbital approaches have been successfully employed for resection of tumours involving the orbit and anterior skull base. With modifications of the cranio-orbital bone flap (changing the position and size of the flap), incorporation of posterior orbitotomy or zygomatic osteotomy, the cranio-orbital approaches can be specifically tailored to optimize the access to tumours located in a ...

Cranio-orbital approach for the paraclinoidal and anterior communicating aneurysms.

Aneurysms arising at the proximal intracranial carotid artery (between cavernous sinus and posterior communicating artery) and at the anterior communicating complex may present with technical difficulties regarding appropriate access without excessive brain retraction. In a series of 15 patients the authors show the use of the cranio-orbital approach, formerly designed in the access of skull ba...

The surgical treatment of orbital tumors.

Orbital tumors treated using transcranial approaches: surgical technique and neuroophthalmogical results in 41 patients.

OBJECT Orbital tumors can be divided schematically into primary lesions, originating from the orbit itself, and secondary lesions, extending to the orbit from neighboring structures. These tumors are variable in their biological nature and in their location. The authors evaluate 41 cases of benign and malignant tumors involving the orbit and discuss the surgical challenge, which involves tumor ...

Outcomes after surgical excision of large and massive orbital tumors.

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of surgical excision of large and massive orbital tumors. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first article to evaluate the relationship between the size of orbital tumors and the surgical outcome. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 34 consecutive patients affected by large or massive orbital tumors that underwent orbitotomy with en-bloc ex...