The pterional craniotomy: tips and tricks

oleh: Feres Chaddad-Neto, José Maria Campos Filho, Hugo Leonardo Dória-Netto, Mario H. Faria, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Evandro Oliveira

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-09-01

Deskripsi

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.