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However, the window lateral to the oculomotor nerve can also be used and has not been studied. The authors describe the anatomical window formed between the oculomotor nerve and the medial tentorial edge (the oculomotor-tentorial triangle [OTT]) to the ventrolateral pontomesencephalic area, and assess techniques to expand it.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four cadaveric heads (8 sides) underwent orbitozygomatic craniotomy. The OTT was exposed via a pretemporal approach. The contents of the OTT were determined and their anatomical features were recorded. Also, dimensions of the brainstem surface exposed lateral and inferior to the oculomotor nerve were measured. Measurements were repeated after completing a transcavernous approach (TcA), and after resection of temporal lobe uncus (UnR).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The s\n                      <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                      segment and proximal s\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      segment of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) and P\n                      <jats:sub>2A<\/jats:sub>\n                      segment of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) were the main contents of the OTT, with average exposed lengths of 6.4 \u00b1 1.3 mm and 5.5 \u00b1 1.6 mm for the SCA and PCA, respectively. The exposed length of the SCA increased to 9.6 \u00b1 2.7 mm after TcA (p = 0.002), and reached 11.6 \u00b1 2.4 mm following UnR (p = 0.004). The exposed PCA length increased to 6.2 \u00b1 1.6 mm after TcA (p = 0.04), and reached 10.4 \u00b1 1.8 mm following UnR (p &lt; 0.001). The brainstem surface was exposed 7.1 \u00b1 0.5 mm inferior and 5.6 \u00b1 0.9 mm lateral to the oculomotor nerve initially. The exposure inferior to the oculomotor nerve increased to 9.3 \u00b1 1.7 mm after TcA (p = 0.003), and to 9.9 \u00b1 2.5 mm after UnR (p = 0.21). The exposure lateral to the oculomotor nerve increased to 8.0 \u00b1 1.7 mm after TcA (p = 0.001), and to 10.4 \u00b1 2.4 mm after UnR (p = 0.002).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The OTT is an anatomical window that provides generous access to the upper ventrolateral pontomesencephalic area, s\n                      <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                      - and s\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      -SCA, and P\n                      <jats:sub>2A<\/jats:sub>\n                      -PCA. This window may be efficiently used to address various pathologies in the region and is considerably expandable by TcA and\/or UnR.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2018.1.jns173139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,29]],"date-time":"2018-06-29T09:59:48Z","timestamp":1530266388000},"page":"1-9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["The oculomotor-tentorial triangle. 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