抄録
The translabyrinthine approach for vestibular schwannomas provides full access to the internal auditory canal, enabling total tumor removal. In the safe manipulation of tumor inside the internal auditory canal, removal of the bone between the internal auditory canal and jugular bulb is important. The anatomical variation of the jugular bulb is sometimes makes this challenging. We applied an image-guidance system in the detection of the jugular bulb in three patients. In two patients, the image-guidance system showed the jugular bulb correctly, and the other one, the system failed to point out correct location.
