Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery as a Mainstream Neurosurgical Corridor: A Systematic Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Background: Transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery (TONES) offers a new level of minimally invasive, minimally disfiguring skull base surgery with maximal surgical visualization. Methods: This review systematically assesses the body of published anatomic (cadaveric) and clinical evidence for the approach. PubMed, Cochrane Library, Ovid MEDLINE, and Embase were systematically searched for articles in which the TONES surgical technique was used in an anatomic, clinical, or combined study. The outcomes of interest included identification of the diseases, operative outcomes, and complication rates. Results: Twenty-three articles were selected for this systematic review: 10 were purely anatomic, 10 were clinical, and 3 had both clinical and cadaveric components. The articles reported 69 patients undergoing transorbital or combined transorbital and transnasal intervention. A total of 30 cases of cerebrospinal fluid leak were documented; of these, 28 (93%) had successful resolution, 2 (7%) had recurrence, and 5 (15%) experienced complications. A total of 31 tumors were biopsied (n = 1), resected (n = 22), or debulked (n = 8). Meningiomas were the most common lesion managed via TONES, with 5 of 7 patients with meningioma who reported preoperative neurologic deficits experiencing an improvement in extraocular movement impairment, visual acuity, proptosis, and ptosis. Transient postoperative clinical sequelae, including diplopia and ptosis, were increasingly associated with the superior lid crease incision and the sole transorbital approach. Conclusions: TONES is a significant development in transorbital skull base surgery. However, comprehensive, robust, comparative analyses and increasing use and generalizability of this technique in skull base surgery are awaited.
Publication Date
8-1-2021
Publication Title
World Neurosurgery
ISSN
18788750
E-ISSN
18788769
Volume
152
First Page
167
Last Page
179.e4
PubMed ID
33940270
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.104
Recommended Citation
Houlihan, Lena Mary; Staudinger Knoll, Ann J.; Kakodkar, Pramath; Zhao, Xiaochun; O'Sullivan, Michael G.J.; Lawton, Michael T.; and Preul, Mark C., "Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery as a Mainstream Neurosurgical Corridor: A Systematic Review" (2021). Neurosurgery. 1430.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1430