Brain: Surgical Approaches

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BOARD 1
1. Mayfield head holder


BOARD 2
1. Position of patient


BOARD 3
1. Perforator bit vs. burr bit


BOARD 4
1. Autoregistration mask


BOARD 5
1. Biopsy preformed with use of CT Guidance with autoregistration mask


BOARD 6
1. Craniotomy with dura open exposing arachnoid matter and brain


BOARD 7
1. Skin incision and burr holes in skull
2. Craniotomy bone incision
3. Craniotomy flap, dura open exposing tumor mass in brain


BOARD 8
1. Skin incision and burr holes in skull
2. Craniotomy bone incision
3. Physician at microscope
4. Craniotomy flap open exposing dermoid cyst
5. Coronal view with shunt and dermoid cyst removed
6. Detail of capsule adhered medial to lateral brainstem and cranial nerves


BOARD 9
1. Craniotomy with evacuation of hemorrhage


BOARD 10
1. Emergency craniectomy to evacuate clot and hematoma


BOARD 11
1. Right frontal craniotomy for microsurgical resection of arteriovenous malformation


BOARD 12
1. Transcallosal surgical approach to remove hypothalamic hamartoma: sagittal and coronal views


BOARD 13
1. Suboccipital craniectomy


BOARD 14
1. Orientation view head
2. Left retrosigmoid approach: gross total resection of acoustic neuroma


BOARD 15
1. Patient position
2. Skin incision and burr holes in skull
3. Dura opened exposing brain
4. Surgeon at microscope
5. Surgical microscopic field of circle of willis and optic chiasm
6. Left supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm


BOARD 16
1. Transphenoidal approach: Scope inserted through nose and sinus
2. Surgical view of pituitary with removal