Reply to: Letter “The invisible “cuneus vein”…does it even exist?” on “The cuneus vein: initial anatomical description and preservation technique for posterior interhemispheric approaches”
Muhammet Enes Gurses, Abuzer Gungor, Uğur Türe · 2026
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Muhammet Enes Gurses and co-authors reply to a critical letter about their claim of a vein, dubbed the cuneus vein, that surgeons meet during operations at the back of the brain. The 2026 exchange turns on whether a structure seen in surgery but hard to show on scans is real.
The writers thank the critic for his points on modern vein imaging but push back on scale and proof. Their series, they note, covers 303 operations through the back of the head, among the largest reported anywhere. They argue that a surgeon's direct view during surgery is valid evidence on its own and offer reasons the vein may escape scans, including its size and drainage pattern.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Muhammet Enes Gurses, Abuzer Gungor, Uğur Türe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9540 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |