Endoscopic assisted microneurosurgery for gasserian portion of trigeminal neuroma: two cases

Abstract

We report two cases of trigeminal neuroma that were operated on by the neurosurgery team at Felício Rocho Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Endoscopic assisted microsurgery was the technique used to approach the gasserian region tumor with good results.

Keywords

• trigeminal schwannoma
• posterior fossa tumors
• endoscopic brain surgery
• microneurosurgery