Operative

Question 1

What is haemopatch

Answer 1

Collagen pad

Question 2

Materials for cranioplasties

Answer 2

Titanium
PEEK
PMMA
Ceramic

Question 3

IFOF

Answer 3

NB. There’s no SFOF.

Occipital lobe to frontal association areas.

Damage leads to semantic paraphasia (Ie. Substitute one word for another). Eff off

Question 4

ILF

Answer 4

Occipital to anterior temporal pole

Runs deep to fusiform gyrus on inferior surface of temporal lobe.

Disruption causes loss of facial recognition

ILF = I love faces. TOP

Question 5

Uncinate fasciculus

Answer 5

Orbitofrontal lobe to anterior temporal

Disruption can delay speech generation, but usually this recovers if other tracts are intact

Question 6

Actuate fasciculus

Answer 6

Inferior frontal lobe to inferior parietal lobule and superior temporal region.

Runs superior to the superior sulcus of insula, and adjacent to SLF

Question 7

Lateral SCIT

Answer 7

Navigation, lateral position/park bench
Monitoring
Linear incision
Craniotomy above and below transverse sinus - allows grip dura and retract sinus away
Supracerebellar approach, drain off csf for brain relaxation