Arteries Around the Superior Limiting Sulcus: Motor Complication Avoidance in Insular and Insulo-Opercular Surgery.

Naoki IkegayaTakahiro HayashiTakefumi HigashijimaYutaro TakayamaMasaki SonodaMasaki IwasakiYohei MiyakeMitsuru SatoKensuke TateishiJun SuenagaTetsuya Yamamoto

Published in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2023)

Approximately 90% of the arteries that entered the parenchyma and reached the corona radiata were within a 5-mm radius of the SLS in both the insula and operculum side. This suggests that using the SLS as a landmark during insulo-opercular surgery can decrease the chance of ischemia.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
functional connectivity
blood flow
atrial fibrillation
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome