Surgical anatomy of supratentorial midline lesions.
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.
Yaşargil
M Gazi
MG
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
Türe
Uğur
U
Yaşargil
Dianne C H
DC
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*