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Research Articles

Prepontine cisternal routine for intrathecal targeted drug delivery in craniofacial cancer pain treatment: technical note

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Pages 3213-3217 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 04 Oct 2022, Published online: 19 Oct 2022

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Figure 1. Location of intrathecal catheter tip confirmed by the fluoroscopy during surgery. The red arrow indicates the intrathecal catheter; the white arrow indicates the tip of catheter; white dash cycle indicates the foramen magnum; red dash cycle indicates the clivus; the yellow dash cycle indicates the pituitary fossa.

Figure 1. Location of intrathecal catheter tip confirmed by the fluoroscopy during surgery. The red arrow indicates the intrathecal catheter; the white arrow indicates the tip of catheter; white dash cycle indicates the foramen magnum; red dash cycle indicates the clivus; the yellow dash cycle indicates the pituitary fossa.

Figure 2. Postoperative imaging of catheter placement with computed tomography. a, b: Sagittal and coronal plane of scanning demonstrated that the tip of intrathecal catheter was located at the level of posterior clinoid process. c, d: Three-dimensional reconstruction of catheter placement by computed tomography. e: Reconstruction of the skull base to reveal the location of the catheter (circled by the red dash line).

Figure 2. Postoperative imaging of catheter placement with computed tomography. a, b: Sagittal and coronal plane of scanning demonstrated that the tip of intrathecal catheter was located at the level of posterior clinoid process. c, d: Three-dimensional reconstruction of catheter placement by computed tomography. e: Reconstruction of the skull base to reveal the location of the catheter (circled by the red dash line).