Interhemispheric Contralateral Transfalcine Approach for Subparacentral Arteriovenous Malformation: 3-Dimensional Operative Video. 2021

Matías Baldoncini, and Alvaro Campero, and Sabino Luzzi, and Juan F Villalonga
Laboratory of Microsurgical Neuroanatomy, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Neurovascular procedures along the interhemispheric fissure harbor unique features differentiating them from those arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) located at the lateral surface of the brain.1-4  The aim of this 3-dimensional operative video is to present a microsurgical resection of an AVM in a subparacentral location, operated through an interhemispheric contralateral transfalcine approach.1,3,5  This is a case of a 29-yr-old female, with headaches and history of seizures. The patient presented an interhemispheric bleeding 6 mo before the surgery. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a vascular lesion located on the medial surface of the right hemisphere at the confluence between the cingulate sulcus and its ascending sulcus. In the cerebral angiography, a right medial AVM was observed, receiving afference from the right anterior cerebral artery and draining to the superior longitudinal sinus. The patient signed an informed consent for the procedure and agreed with the use of her images and surgical video for research and academic purposes.  The patient was in a supine position, and a left interhemispheric contralateral transfalcine approach was performed,1-3 a circumferential dissection of the nidus, and, finally, the AVM was resected in one piece.  The patient evolved without neurological deficits after the surgery. The postoperative MRI and angiography showed a complete resection of the AVM.  In the case presented, to avoid exposing the drainage vein first and to use the gravity of the exposure, the contralateral transfalcine interhemispheric approach was used,1,2 which finally accomplished the proposed objectives.

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