title: [An en bloc cranio-orbitozygomatic approach: surgical technique and results].
abstract: An en bloc cranio-orbitozygomatic approach is described. This technique was applied in seven patients (five basilar artery aneurysms, a trigeminal neuroma, a meningioma of the lesser sphenoid wing). The follow-up period ranged from 3 to 50 months. The patients were retrospectively analyzed from the cosmetic point of view, and submitted to computerized tomography with three dimensional and multiplanar reconstructions. The access provided a wider operative field with a shorter distance to the pathology and possibility of increased angulation of the microscope. The aneurysms could be clipped and the tumors completely removed in all cases. A frontalis muscle paralysis occurred in two cases, as well as a temporalis muscle atrophy in another two patients. There were no enophthalmos or bone flap displacements. The surgical technique is simple and do not require drills, electric saws and mini-plates.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Giannetti
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Faleiro
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Perpétuo
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000601:surgery; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D009463:Neuroma / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery*