title: Three-quarter prone approach to the pineal-tentorial region.
abstract: A three-quarter prone, operative approach to the pineal region is described: the three-quarter prone, operated-side-down position. This approach avoids the disadvantages of the approaches from other directions to this region and provides a comfortable position for the surgeon and assistant, minimal retraction of the parietal-occipital lobe, and access to the third ventricle, pineal region, midbrain, and superior vermis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ausman
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dujovny
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D011187:Posture