title: Aid to exposure of the upper basilar artery: technical note.
abstract: The author explains his method of retracting the tentorial edge during the subtemporal approach to the distal basilar artery. A modification of the ligature makes it unnecessary to tie a knot at depth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Dorsch
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods*