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. 2010 Jan 12;20(3):199–205. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1246220

Table 1.

Outcome of Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Transnasal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

Patient Age (y)/Sex Indication for Surgery Duration of Surgery (min) Blood Loss Complication Cervical Spine Fusion Surgical Outcome
85/male Rheumatoid pannus with C1–C2 stenosis 220 <250 mL Intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak One month postoperative Improved symptoms
52/male Biopsy lytic lesion of C2, c-spine fusion 470 1 L Venous bleed from tumor Intraoperative Postoperative radiation
52/female Platybasia, Chiari 1 malformation, basilar invagination 320 <200 mL None Three weeks postoperative Correction of Chiari malformation three weeks postoperatively
6/male Biopsy C2 lesion, c-spine fusion 295 <200 mL None Intraoperative Excision of tumor via external approach