Sellar repair in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: results of 170 cases

P Cappabianca, LM Cavallo, F Esposito, V Valente… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To describe techniques and materials used in sellar repair after an endoscopic
endonasal transsphenoidal approach. METHODS: Different techniques of sellar closure and …

Sellar repair with fibrin sealant and collagen fleece after endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery

P Cappabianca, LM Cavallo, V Valente, I Romano… - Surgical neurology, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine, in patients undergoing sellar repair after endoscopic endonasal
transsphenoidal surgery, the clinical efficacy of a combination of fibrin sealant/collagen …

Endoscopic endonasal transclival approach and retrosigmoid approach to the clival and petroclival regions

M de Notaris, LM Cavallo, A Prats-Galino… - Operative …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The removal of clival lesions, mainly those located intradurally and with a
limited lateral extension, may be challenging because of the lack of a surgical corridor that …

Persistent trigeminal artery aneurysms: case report and systematic review

F Diana, S Mangiafico, V Valente, A Wlderk… - Journal of …, 2019 - jnis.bmj.com
Background The persistent trigeminal artery (PTA) is an adult carotid-basilar anastomosis
with debated pathologic aspects, such as its association with brain aneurysms. True …

Italian contribution to the origin of neurosurgery

B Guidetti, R Giuffrè, V Valente - Surgical neurology, 1983 - Elsevier
According to the historians of neurosurgery [52, 85, 103,104], between the remote origins
(going back to millenia before Christ, to the paleolithic and neolithic ages) and the era of the …

27.1 Normal Anatomy

VMF Valente - Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function, 2017 - books.google.com
The anatomy of the cerebral vasculature has been demonstrated in detail in Chaps. 3
(cerebral vascular anatomy) and 9 (vascular anatomy of the cerebellar and brainstem)(Figs …

Hydrocephalus

VMF Valente - Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function, 2018 - Springer
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compartment is an important fluid compartment in the
brainproduced at a rate of approximately 20ml/h. The CSF plays a fundamental role in …

Cerebellopontine Angle

VMF Valente - Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function, 2018 - Springer
The cerebellopontine angle (CPS) contains a number of important structures that include
cranial nerves such as the sixth, seventh and the eight nerves, major arteries of the posterior …

Vascular Surgery

VMF Valente - Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function, 2018 - Springer
The anatomy of the cerebral vasculature has been demonstrated in detail in Chaps. 3
(cerebral vascular anatomy) and 9 (vascular anatomy of the cerebellar and brainstem). Here …

Sellar Region

VMF Valente - Neuroimaging: Anatomy Meets Function, 2018 - Springer
The hypophysis is an endocrine gland housed in the sella turcica. It is easily accessible
through the transsphenoid approach by neurosurgeons. The anatomy, function and …