Abstract

ObjectiveTo perform an anatomical and radiological study, using fibre microdissection and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), to demonstrate the three-dimensionality of the superior, middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles. Material and methodsA total of 15 brain-stem, 15 cerebellar hemispheres, and 5 brain hemispheres were dissected in the laboratory under the operating microscope with microsurgical instruments between July 2014 and July 2015. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was obtained from 15 healthy subjects between July and December of 2015, using diffusion-weighted images, in order to reproduce the cerebellar peduncles on DTT. ResultsThe main bundles of the cerebellar peduncles were demonstrated and delineated along most of their trajectory in the cerebellum and brain-stem, noticing their overall anatomical relationship to one another and with other white matter tracts and the grey matter nuclei the surround them, with their corresponding representations on DTT. ConclusionsThe arrangement, architecture, and general topography of the cerebellar peduncles were able to be distinguished using the fibre microdissection technique. This knowledge has given a unique and profound anatomical perspective, supporting the correct representation and interpretation of DTT images. This information should be incorporated in the clinical scenario in order to assist surgeons in the detailed and critical analysis of lesions that may be located near these main bundles in the cerebellum and/or brain-stem, and therefore, improve the surgical planning and achieve a safer and more precise microsurgical technique.

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