Craniotomy for resection of 4th Ventricle Tumor

Dr. Pakzaban (www.pakzaban.com) demonstrates the technique of suboccipital craniotomy for access to the posterior cranial fossa using an Aesculap bone scalpel. This approach is used in many different operations including decompression of Chiari malformation. In this case, it is being used for resection of a 4th ventricle tumor known as subependymoma.

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• Bone scalpel

[50572200]

@pa2ful*

[50572200]

@pa2nful pretty sure that's the tumor they're removing

[pa2ful]

:whats d white substance in @6:24

[Gantor555]

@IWIInferno

I'm just curious. Gosh.

[abbassyma]

@rodolfcov it means that u remove the post arch of atlas a kind of decompression to the underlying medulla

[IWIInferno]

@Gantor555 LOL go to med school

[skibitom]

What approach do you prefer?

[Gantor555]

I'm just wondering, how do you completely mobilize the tumor in such a small space? Please give a detailed response.

[yankeegurl62]

are those Gelpi's used to retract the scalp? I couldn't figure out why they cut into my daughter's c1--but inorder to get to the 4th ventrical--I guess I now understand why they did...now I also know what my daughter's tumor looked like...sorta...thank you so much...I now also understand her pain...btw, was that JPA 1?

[gvezton]

Good case. I had some questions and some comments. When you edited this video, how much did you accelerate the film speed from real-time? What % resection were you able to achieve? Was the tumor removed in piecemeal fashion or was it resected whole?