Strategies for Optic Pathways Decompression for Extra-Axial Tumors or Intracranial Aneurysms: A Technical Note.
Pier Paolo MattognoCarmelo Lucio SturialeAlessandro RapisardaAlessandro OliviAlessio AlbanesePublished in: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery (2021)
Preservation of the visual function is the main goal of surgery for tumors and aneurysms causing optic nerve compression. This mandatory principle guides the approach, the timing, and the technical strategy to release the optic nerve, and is principally based on the direction of the compression vector.