Posterior Interhemispheric Approach for Occlusion of a Galenic (Type 1) Tentorial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Galenic dural arteriovenous fistulas account for 1 of the 6 types of tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulas (type I). These fistulas are located around the great cerebral vein of Galen, with dural arterial supply through the tentorial arteries of Bernasconi and Cassinari or other posterior fossa branches, such as the posterior meningeal artery. In this case, a man in his 60s presented with a headache and was found to have this high-risk lesion, which was Borden grade III and Cognard grade IV. The lesion persisted despite embolization through the middle meningeal artery. This video discusses the microsurgical management of this lesion through a torcular craniotomy and a posterior interhemispheric approach for clipping. Because this is a single case report, institutional review board approval was not needed. The patient consented to the procedure. Used with permission from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. Images at 7:19 and 7:49 in Surgical Video are used with permission from Lawton, Michael T.; Sanchez-Mejia, Rene O.; Pham, Diep; Tan, Jeffrey; Halbach, Van V. Tentorial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae: Operative Strategies and Microsurgical Results for Six Types. Operative Neurosurgery 62(3): 110-125, 2008.