title: Removal of the roof of the external auditory meatus in approaching the tentorial notch through a low temporal craniotomy. Technical note.
abstract: Improved access to the tentorial notch can be obtained by removal of the roof of the external auditory meatus in association with a low temporal craniotomy. This approach decreases temporal lobe retraction and the risk of venous infarction. This method was perfected in the surgical laboratory on five cadavers and was successfully performed in a patient with a giant aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Hôpital Neurologique, University of Lyon, France.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sindou
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fobé
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery