Third nerve decompression by anterior petroclinoid ligament opening after clipping of posterior communicating artery aneurysm—How I do it
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DOI: 10.1007/s00701-018-3666-x
Abstract: BackgroundPosterior communicating artery aneurysms sometimes present with partial or complete oculomotor nerve palsy, due to direct oculomotor nerve compression, irritation by subarachnoid blood, or both. Superiority of surgical clipping over endovascular coiling in terms of… read more here.
Keywords: nerve decompression; decompression; communicating artery; petroclinoid ligament ... See more keywords
An understimated maneuver for oculomotor nerve palsy due to posterior communicating artery aneurysm: the opening of the anterior petroclinoid ligament. A technical note.
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DOI: 10.23736/s0390-5616.23.06020-4
Abstract: Posterior communicating artery aneurysms (PcomAs) present with oculomotor nerve (OMN) palsy in 20-30% of cases, and the sudden onset of OMN palsy has to raise the suspicion of rupture, until proven otherwise. The surgical technique… read more here.
Keywords: petroclinoid ligament; posterior communicating; nerve; communicating artery ... See more keywords