The pterional craniotomy: tips and tricks
Feres Chaddad-Neto, José Maria Campos Filho, Hugo Leonardo Dória-Netto, Mario H Faria, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Evandro Oliveira, Feres Chaddad-Neto, José Maria Campos Filho, Hugo Leonardo Dória-Netto, Mario H Faria, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Evandro Oliveira
Abstract
This review intended to describe in a didactic and practical manner the frontotemporosphenoidal craniotomy, which is usually known as pterional craniotomy and constitute the cranial approach mostly utilized in the modern neurosurgery. This is, then, basically a descriptive text, divided according to the main stages involved in this procedure, and describes with details how the authors currently perform this craniotomy.
Source: PubMed