Visualization of Resected Area in Endonasal Endoscopic Approach versus Transcranial Approach for Skull Base Meningiomas by Voxel-Based-Lesion Mapping
, Manabu Kinoshita 2,3, Haruhiko Kishima 2, Yuta Tanoue 1, Atsufumi Nagahama 1, Toshiyuki Kawashima 1, Hiroki Ohata 1, Kosuke Nakajo 1, Hiroki Morisako 1 and Takeo Goto 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article analyzes the resection area through two skull base approaches: endoscopic and transcranial. The authors show what seems obvious: the endoscopic approach is ideal for midline lesions and the transcranial approach is better for lateral lesions, in relation to the neural foramina. This article is interesting because it carries out an objective study of the resection area and aims to demonstrate what our intuition tells us.
It is a good article that achieve its objectives and shows a good way to analyze the resection results in skull base surgery.
Author Response
We would like to thank you for your constructive comments.
We added the following sentence in Conclusion: “Central SBMs could be resected well using EEA.”
Thank you.
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Authors,
I would make clearer in the conclusion and results the differences between approaches.
Best regards
Author Response
We would like to thank you for your constructive suggestion.
I added the following sentence in the conclusion: “Central SBMs could be resected well using EEA.”
We would be glad if this study could help patients with skull base meningiomas worldwide.
Thank you.
