title: Supraorbital eyebrow approach to skull base lesions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Neurocirurgia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Yvens Barbosa
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maitrot
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kehrli
authors.forename: Oswaldo Ignácio de
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Tella
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramina
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borges
mesh_terms: 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*