Transcranial approach to transsphenoidalencephalocele: a case report and review of literature
ZHANG Baoguo
ZHANG Hui
HUANG Yongan
CHENG Gangge
ZHOU Yan
MA Hongwei
WANG Yubo
ZHAO Mingyue
SHU Cheng
DONG Lianqiang
GU Jianwen
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical effect of transcranial approach to transsphenoidalencephalocele. Methods The data of a patient with transsphenoidalencephalocele who had undergone surgery using a transcranial approach was analyzed, and related literature was reviewed. Results The defect of the sphenoid bone of the patient was successfully reconstructed using a transcranial approach. Obstructive dyspnea was resolved immediately after surgery, with no complications. Conclusion The transcranial approach is still an important surgical approach to transsphenoidalencephalocele, especially for neonates and infants who need construction in the skull base due to large sphenoid bone defects, and/or narrow nasal cavity.
Keywords：meningoencephaloceletranssphenoidal encephaloceletranscranial approachcranial base reconstruction
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 319-322 )