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Intra-operative devascularization of petroclival meningiomas by ICG-VA-guided Bernasconi & Cassinari artery identification

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy

    Oriela Rustemi, Renato Scienza & Alessandro Della Puppa

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Padua University Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via Giustiniani, 2, 35128, Padova, Italy

    Oriela Rustemi

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We state that no ethics committee approval was required for our study, since it concerns an intraoperative technique that is routinely used in our Institution.

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Informed consent was obtained from the patient, according to the hospital’s ethics guidelines.

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Narrated operative video showing the transtentorial ICG-VA identification of the Bernasconi & Cassinari artery, its clip ligation, and tentorial opening in the case of a petroclival meningioma. (MP4 9044 kb)

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Rustemi, O., Scienza, R. & Della Puppa, A. Intra-operative devascularization of petroclival meningiomas by ICG-VA-guided Bernasconi & Cassinari artery identification. Acta Neurochir 158, 427–428 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2704-9

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