Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgical Specialties and Neurosurgery, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro,
2. Laboratory of Microneurosurgical Anatomy, BP-A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
Background:
The anatomy and surgical approach to the cavernous sinus and the middle fossa can constitute a considerable challenge, specially for young surgeons. Although their surgical explorations have gone through a popular phase in the past, to this date, they remain an uncomfortable subject for many neurosurgeons. The aim of this paper is to systematically review its anatomy and multiple corridors through a step-by-step dissection of the middle fossa triangles, providing a roadmap for surgeons.
Methods:
A step-by-step dissection of the cavernous sinus was performed in two fresh-frozen cadavers aiming to describe the anatomy of ten different middle fossa triangles, demonstrating the feasibility of the use of their spaces while surgically approaching this area.
Results:
The intradural opening of the roof of the cavernous sinus was obtained by dissection of clinoidal, carotid-oculomotor, supratrochlear, optic-carotideal, and oculomotor triangles, allowing an expanded superior view. On the counterpart, the extradural exploration of the lateral wall through the middle fossa floor peeling exposed the infratrochlear, anteromedial, and anterolateral triangles. The middle fossa floor itself was the door to approaching posterior fossa through anterior petrosectomy. The dissection of each individual triangle can be amplified exponentially with exploration of its adjacents, providing broader surgical corridors.
Conclusion:
The cavernous sinus still remains far from an “every man’s land,” but its systematic study based on direct approaches can ease the challenges of its surgical exploration, allowing surgeons to feel more comfortable with its navigation, with consequently benefit in the treatment of patients.
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Surgery
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