Supraorbital burr hole via a glabellar incision: a simple approach to anterior skull base.
A left subfrontopolar lesion with marked edema was totally resected utilizing a minimally invasive approach. It was possible to expose and resect the lesion, which turned out to be a tuberculoma, through a burr hole placed supraorbitally through a glabellar incision. The development and significance of minimalization techniques for surgery in the skull base region are discussed.
Zucker
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Department of Neurosurgery Department, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Cohen
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Cagnano
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Reichenthal
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D019291:Skull Base; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014207:Trephining / Q000379:methods*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*