Published: 2026-09-10

From Microanatomy to Surgical Video: Art, Science, and Innovation in Neurosurgical Education

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Osvaldo Malafaia, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho, Carmen Austrália Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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Microsurgical treatment of posterior semicircular canal dehiscence: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Kimberly Teixeira Barros

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Microsurgical Resection of a Suprasellar Epidermoid Tumor in a Pediatric Patient: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Leonnan Pinho Botelho de Sá Oliveira, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Kimberly Teixeira Barros

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Pretemporal Pterional Approach for Sphenopetroclivial Meningioma Causing Trigeminal Neuropathy: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Kimberly Teixeira Barros, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Viviane Aline Buffon, Samir Ale Bark

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Pretemporal Pterional Approach for Resection of Pediatric Craniopharyngioma: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Leonnan Pinho Botelho de Sá Oliveira, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Kimberly Teixeira Barros

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Lateral Temporal Bone Resection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Temporal Bone: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Ciro Weiss Fontana, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Leonnan Pinho Botelho de Sá Oliveira, Viviane Aline Buffon, Kimberly Teixeira Barros, Osvaldo Malafaia

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Clival Angioma: Resection Through an Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Approach: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Leonnan Pinho Botelho de Sá Oliveira, Viviane Aline Buffon, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Kimberly Teixeira Barros, Otavio Bejzman Piltcher, Camila Degen Meotti, Osvaldo Malafaia

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Translabyrinthine Approach for Resection of a Koos Grade IV Vestibular Schwannoma with Anatomical and Functional Facial Nerve Preservation: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Viviane Aline Buffon, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Kimberly Teixeira Barros, Paulo Afonso Nunes Nassif, Carmen Australia Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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End-to-End Hypoglossal-Facial Anastomosis Following Anatomically Preserved but Functionally Irreversible Facial Nerve Injury After Resection of a Koos Grade IV Vestibular Schwannoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Surgical video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Viviane Aline Buffon, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Kimberly Teixeira Barros1, Paulo Afonso Nunes Nassif, Carmen Australia Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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Hearing and Facial Nerve Preservation Following Gross-Total Resection of a Koos Grade IV Vestibular Schwannoma Through the Retrosigmoid Approach: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Viviane Aline Buffon, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Paulo Afonso Nunes Nassif, Carmen Australia Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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Microsurgical Management of Bilateral Giant Vestibular Schwannomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Hearing Preservation Strategy Through Staged Resection: Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Marcos Fabiano Sigwalt, Carmen Australia Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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Microsurgical Resection: The State-of-the-Art Strategy for Hearing Preservation in Small Vestibular Schwannomas: Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Marcos Fabiano Sigwalt, Carmen Australia Paredes Marcondes Ribas

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Retrolabyrinthine Approach for Hearing Preservation in Koos Grade II Vestibular Schwannoma - Surgical Nuances for Safe Gross-Total Resection: Surgical Video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Marcos Fabiano Sigwalt

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Management of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Adherent to the Petrous Dura During Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery - Technical Note. Surgical Video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, José Fernando Polanski, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Luiz Martins Collaço

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Step-by-Step Microsurgical Clipping of an Unruptured Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Through the Transsylvian Approach: Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, José Fernando Polanski, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Samir Ale Bark, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Rodrigo Tavares, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Luiz Martins Collaço

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Microsurgical Clipping of a Right Paraclinoid Aneurysm Involving the Distal Dural Ring with Intradural Anterior Clinoidectomy: Step-by-Step Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, José Fernando Polanski, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Samir Ale Bark, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Rodrigo Tavares, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Luiz Martins Collaço

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Transmastoid Resection of an Intratemporal Facial Nerve Hemangioma with Simultaneous Hypoglossal-Facial Anastomosis: Surgical Video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, José Fernando Polanski, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Luiz Fernando Kubrusly

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Middle Fossa Repair of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Using a Multilayer Reconstruction Technique: Surgical Video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, José Fernando Polanski, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Luiz Fernando Kubrusly

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Neuronavigation-Assisted Transmastoid Resection of a Petrous Apex Cholesteatoma Combined with Single-Stage Dynamic Facial Reanimation: Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Roberto Dihl Angeli, Joel Lavinsky, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, José Fernando Polanski, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Luiz Fernando Kubrusly

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Middle Cranial Fossa Repair of a Mastoid Tegmen Encephalocele Using a Pedicled Temporalis Muscle Flap: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, José Fernando Polanski, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho

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Combined Transmastoid and Middle Fossa Approach for Meningoencephalocele Repair: Surgical Video.

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Nicolau Gregori Czeczko, Fernando Issamu Tabushi

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Infratemporal Fossa Approach for Microsurgical Resection of a Giant Jugular Foramen Paraganglioma with Simultaneous Hypoglossal-Facial Anastomosis: Surgical Video.

Felipe Salvagni Pereira, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Nicolau Gregori Czeczko, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Amylcar Edemilson Dvilevicius

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Microsurgical Management Strategy in Multiple Paraganglioma Resection: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Ciro Weiss Fontana, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Viviane Aline Buffon, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Claudio Luciano Franck

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Transmastoid Microsurgical Resection of an Endolymphatic Sac Tumor Through Trautmann’s Triangle: Surgical Video

Joel Lavinsky, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Viviane Aline Buffon, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Claudio Luciano Franck

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Central Nervous System Solitary Fibrous Tumor: En Bloc Resection with Transverse Sinus Sacrifice Through a Combined Occipital and Infratentorial Approach: Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Henrique Leydner, Marcelo Raffo, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Claudio Luciano Franck

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En Plaque Sphenoid Wing Meningioma: How I Do It? Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Fernando Issamu Tabushi, Allan Fernando Giovanini

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Transsylvian Resection of an Insular Low-Grade Glioma Medial to the Porto Alegre Line: Surgical Strategy for Preservation of the Lenticulostriate Arteries. Surgical Video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Samuel Dobrowolski, Bruna Passos Conti, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samir Ale Bark, Viviane Aline Buffon, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho

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Transcortical Resection of an Insular Low-Grade Glioma Medial to the Porto Alegre Line: Surgical Strategy for Preservation of the Lenticulostriate Arteries. Surgical video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Viviane Aline Buffon, Samir Ale Bark, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Samuel Dobrowolski, Bruna Passos Conti, Rafael Roesler

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Posterior Petrosal Approach for Resection of a Giant Petroclival Meningioma with Combined Supra- and Infratentorial Exposure and Pterional Extension. Surgical Video

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Leandro Infantini Dini, Eduardo Mello Rodrigues, Ricardo Weinberg, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Allan Fernando Giovanini

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Posterior Petrosal Approach for Sphenopetroclival Meningioma: How I Do It? Surgical video.

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Joel Lavinsky, Francisco Luiz Souza Braga, Henrique Laydner, Rodrigo Ricieri Tonan, Victor Beneditti Guimarães, Allan Fernando Giovanini

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Microsurgical Exclusion of a Giant Thrombosed ICA Bifurcation Aneurysm with STA–MCA Bypass: A Surgical Video Technical Note

Sebastian Iglesias, Mabel Gatica, Cristian Valdés, Marco Ruiz, Harry Ballestero, Jhofre Estuardo Portilla Fárez, Jorge Marcelo Mura Castro

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Microsurgical Resection of Recurrent Skull Base Chondrosarcoma via the MIPLATTA Approach: A Surgical Video Technical Note

Sebastian Iglesias, Cristian Naudy, Marco Ruiz, Harry Ballestero, Jhofre Estuardo Portilla Fárez, Jorge Marcelo Mura Castro

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