Challenging Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery in Retrosigmoid Vestibular Schwannoma Removal

Referring to the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) traversing the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor during retrosigmoid vestibular schwannoma (VS) removal as challenging AICA (c-AICA), we describe the incidence, anatomical characteristics, mechanism of development of c-AICA, and the surgical techniques used to remove VS while preserving the AICA.
Source: World Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research