Microsurgical Resection of Suprasellar Craniopharyngioma—Technical Purview

Microsurgical resection of supratentorial cerebral cavernomas.

AIM More than two thirds of cerebral cavernomas are located supratentorially. The transsulcal approach without excision of the perilesional gliotic parenchyma and simple lesionectomy are keys to surgery on eloquent areas. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present 11 supratentorial cerebral cavernomas operated between 2003 and 2007 with signs of seizures in six and focal neurological deficit in four cas...

Microsurgical resection of intramedullary spinal cord hemangioblastoma.

Spinal cord hemangioblastomas account for about 10% of spinal cord tumors. They usually arise from the dorsolateral pia mater and are characterized by their significant vascularity. The principles and techniques of safe resection are different than those employed for the more commonly occurring intramedullary glial tumors (e.g. ependymoma, astrocytoma) and consist of circumferential detachment ...

Building Layouts as Cognitive Data: Purview and Purview Interface

This paper offers a computational description and provisional statistical profile of properties of building layouts that contribute to making them intelligible. Buildings are arrangements of boundaries that demarcate interior space according to the organization of human life and activity. At the same time a building is usually a continuously connected interior. Thus, the implicit question addre...

Study on Microsurgical Resection of Tumors of the Insula

Microsurgical Resection of Petroclival Tumors via the Subtemporal Transtentorial Approach.

AIM To study and summarize our experience with the subtemporal transtentorial approach for resection of petroclival tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients who suffered from petroclival tumors and underwent tumor resection via a subtemporal transtentorial approach between October 2010 and July 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Total resection was performed in 22 cases, ...