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Transglabellar Butterfly Incision for Anterior Cranial Vault Access: Case Report.
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Current Oncology . Sep2024, Vol. 31 Issue 9, p5233-5241. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- (1) Background: The transglabellar approach, a type of transfacial technique, typically involves glabellar resection and opening the frontal sinus via a bicoronal incision, providing access to the anterior cranial vault. To prevent complications, the frontal sinus is typically obliterated. However, the success of transnasal endoscopic techniques has prompted a re-evaluation of these traditional methods. (2) Methods: This paper provides a brief literature review and discusses the removal of an elongated glioma of the left gyrus rectus (4.4 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm) in a 63-year-old male using a transglabellar subfrontal approach via a butterfly incision, with frontal sinus preservation. (3) Results: An uneventful gross-total resection of a WHO grade II oligodendroglioma was achieved. There is a paucity of literature describing a transglabellar subfrontal approach via a butterfly incision with frontal sinus preservation. (4) Conclusions: The described approach could be utilized in selected cases such as small intra-axial lesions oriented longitudinally along the inferomedial frontal lobe from the posterior wall of the frontal sinus to the anterior communicating artery complex in patients with pre-existing glabellar rhytids. Since this is merely a case presentation, we cannot conclude that this represents established clinical practice. The outcomes of this approach should be investigated in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FRONTAL sinus
*PREFRONTAL cortex
*LITERATURE reviews
*FRONTAL lobe
*SKULL base
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11980052
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Current Oncology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179965632
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31090387