Exposure region of the Kawase approach and its correlation with skull base anatomy: An evaluation with digital models

Frontiers in Surgery

Surgery

关键词: transpetrosal approach;    3D reconstruction;    skull base;    computational anatomy;    quantitative;    surgical simulation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2022.1047949

 received in 2022-09-19, accepted in 2022-11-21,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Kawase approach is one of the most used trajectories in skull base surgery. The exposure range of the approach and its correlation with skull base anatomy still demand more exploration. With the help of digital rebuilding, analysis, and measurement, we evaluated the exposure range of the Kawase and extended Kawase approaches and analyzed the correlation between the exposure range and the variants of the petrosal and clival anatomy. The finding of the study demonstrated that compared to the sub-temporal approach, the Kawase approach and the extended Kawase approach significantly added the exposure range in the upper, middle, and partial inferior regions of the clivus. The gains in the exposure volume and area are more when the manipulation angle is less than 135°.

【 授权许可】

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© 2023 Yan, Xu, Zhao, Mei, Jiang and Hou.