title: Surgical anatomy of supratentorial midline lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this paper the authors correlate the surgical aspects of deep median and paramedian supratentorial lesions with the connective fiber systems of the white matter of the brain.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cerebral hemispheres of 10 cadaveric brains were dissected in a mediolateral direction by using the fiber dissection technique, corresponding to the surgical approach.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study illuminates the delicacy of the intertwined and stratified fiber laminae of the white matter, and establishes that these structures can be preserved at surgical exploration in patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
authors.forename: M Gazi
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Yaşargil
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Türe
authors.forename: Dianne C H
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Yaşargil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*