Supraorbital eyebrow approach to skull base lesions.
We report our experience with a supraorbital eyebrow minicraniotomy. This technique is suitable to lesions situated in the region of the anterior fossa, suprasellar cisterns, parasellar region and Sylvian fissure. A 50 mm incision in the eyebrow and a supraorbital minicraniotomy is performed. Sixteem patients harboring different lesions were operated on with good postoperative and cosmetic results. We conclude that this approach is safe and useful in selected cases.
Fernandes
Yvens Barbosa
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Disciplina de Neurocirurgia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Maitrot
Daniel
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Kehrli
Pierre
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Tella
Oswaldo Ignácio de
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Ramina
Ricardo
R
Borges
Guilherme
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D019291:Skull Base; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*