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SUBMITTER: Han SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5125447 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Seunggu J SJ Magill Stephen T ST Tarapore Phiroz E PE Horton Jonathan C JC McDermott Michael W MW
Journal of neurosurgery 20151218 3
Tuberculum sellae meningiomas frequently produce visual loss by direct compression from tumor, constriction of the optic nerve (ON) under the falciform ligament, and/or ON ischemia. The authors hypothesized that changes in visual function after tumor removal may be related to changes in blood supply to the ON that might be seen in the pial circulation at surgery. Indocyanine green (ICG) angiography was used to attempt to document these changes at surgery. The first patient in whom the technique ...[more]