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. 2013 Jul 10;2013:296469. doi: 10.1155/2013/296469

Table 1.

Case series of keyhole supraorbital subfrontal approaches through an eyebrow incision.

Publication Year Patients Tumors Aneurysms Other Supraorbital hypesthesia Frontalis palsy Hyposmia Wound infection CSF leak Hematoma Perioperative mortality Diabetes insipidus Other
Jho [10] 1997 11 11 0 0 11 0 NR 0 0 NR 0 2 Vision worsened (n = 2)
Paladino et al. [14] 1998 37 0 40 0 4 (all recovered) NR NR 1 NR NR 0 NR Aneurysm rupture (n = 1)
Van Lindert et al. [21] 1998 139 0 197 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NR NR Aneurysm rupture (n = 4)
Sánchez-Vázquez et al. [19] 1999 41 34 6 1 41 (all recovered) 41 (all recovered) 21 (2 permanent) 0 0 0 0 NR
Czirják and Szeifert [6] 2001 155 52 102 1 2 1 2 2 NR NR 5 NR Aneurysm rupture (n = 2), PE (n = 1)
Dare et al. [7] 2001 10 0 10 0 10 (all recovered) 10 (all recovered) NR 1 0 0 0 0 Wound edema
Ko et al. [11] 2001 7 3 4 0 4 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Periorbital edema (n = 7)
Shanno et al. [15] 2001 72 61 0 11 NR NR NR 5 5 1 0 NR Tension pneumocephalus, asp pna, infarct, ICA injury, and corneal abrasion. Lateral rectus palsy (all n = 1)
Steiger et al. [16] 2001 33 0 33 0 NR 2 NR 1 NR NR 0 NR Diplopia (n = 1) resolved
Czirják et al. [29] 2002 36 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 NR 2 intraoperative ruptures
Fernandes et al. [35] 2002 16 10 2 4 NR NR 1 1 1 0 0 NR
Ramos-Zúñiga et al. [17] 2002 20 0 20 0 NR 20 (all recovered) NR NR NR 1 0 NR Blindness (n = 1), infarct (n = 1)
Wiedemayer et al. [23] 2004 9 7 0 2 1 1 NR 0 0 0 0 NR
Zhang et al. [39] 2004 54 52 0 2 NR NR NR NR 1 NR 0 NR
Jallo et al. [9] 2005 28 24 0 4 NR NR NR 1 0 0 0 NR Decreased vision (n = 1)
Melamed et al. [12] 2005 25 15 0 10 NR NR NR 1 1 0 0 1 Blindness (n = 1)
Mitchell et al. [13] 2005 47 0 47 0 1 NR NR 0 NR 4 1 NR Aneurysm rupture (n = 2), infarct (n = 2)
Reisch and Perneczky [2] 2005 450 199 229 22 34 25 27 6 12 4 1 NR
Lupret et al. [25] 2006 30 0 30 0 10 NR NR 1 NR NR 2 NR Aneurysm rupture (n = 4), mucocele (n = 2)
Zheng et al. [22] 2007 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 NR 0 0 11
Brydon et al. [28] 2008 50 0 50 0 NR NR NR 1 1 1 3 NR New neurological deficit (n = 12)
Fatemi et al. [8] 2009 13 13 0 0 0 2 (both recovered) NR 0 0 0 0 0 Vision worse (n = 1)
Romani et al. [34] 2009 66 66 0 0 0 0 6 4 6 1 0 NR 4 cotton granulomas
Chen and Tzaan [1] 2010 21 5 13 3 NR NR NR NR NR NR 2 NR Hydrocephalus (n = 2), infarct (n = 1)
Telera et al. [20] 2012 20 20 0 0 NR NR 6 0 1 1 1 1 4 with worse vision
Abdel Aziz et al. [26] 2011 40 8 31 1 NR NR NR 2 1 1 0 NR Transpalpebral approach, 1 ischemic infarct
Fischer et al. [27] 2011 793 0 989 0 0 0 0 9 9 14 NR independent of other approaches NR 26 reoperations for inadequate clipping (19 clipping, 7 coiling), 61 intraoperative ruptures
McLaughlin et al. [31] 2011 11 11 0 0 NR NR NR 0 1 0 0 0 1 carotid artery injury, 1 bilateral caudate infarcts
Park et al. [40] 2011 13 0 13 0 NR 0 NR 0 0 0 0 NR All unruptured PCoA aneurysms with CN III palsy, all resolved
Romani, et al. [32] 2011 73 73 0 0 NR NR 1 1 3 2 3 2 New postop. neurological deficits (n = 19)
Chalouhi et al. [41] 2013 47 0 47 0 NR NR NR 1 0 1 0 NR 5 intraoperative ruptures, 4 ischemic infarcts
Romani et al. [33] 2012 52 52 0 0 NR NR 0 0 3 0 0 4 New postop. neurological deficits (n = 16)
Ivan and Lawton [42] 2013 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Both cavernous malformations
Kang et al. [43] 2013 4 0 4 0 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Ditzel Filho et al. [44] 2013 10 9 0 1 NR NR NR 0 0 0 2 NR Deaths: 1 pulmonary embolus, 1 systemic disease
Park et al. [45] 2013 52 0 52 0 NR 26 (all recovered) NR NR NR NR NR NR

Totals 2522 760 1993 64 63 57 43 38 45 31 21 21
Percent of reported (number) 100% 30.5% 79.0% 2.6% 2.8% (53/1881) 3.0% (57/1878) 2.3% (43/1878) 1.6% (38/2364) 2.2% (45/2081) 1.5% (31/2118) 1.4% (21/1527) 8.3% (21/252)