2025 Proffered Presentations
V054: TRIGEMINAL V2 SCHWANNOMA - STAGED ENDONASAL ENDONASAL AND ENDOSCOPIC TRANS-ORBITAL TUMOR RESECTION
M. Salman Ali, MD; Camilo Reyes, MD; Kenneth Byrd, MD; Fernando Vale, MD; Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
In first stage, endoscopic endonasal approach is adopted. Sphenoidotomy and medial maxillotomy performed. Pterygopalatine fossa (PPF) is exposed and pterygoid body drilled. Using 0 and 45 degree scopes, tumor removed from temporal dura, PPF from pterygoid muscles. In Stage 2, endoscopic trans-orbital approach used to drill into sphenoid wing. Residual tumor removed.