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