Microsurgical exposure of intracranial aneurysms.
The surgical anatomy of intracranial aneurysms as seen through the operating microscope is illustrated. The frontotemporal, or pterional, approach is used. The author demonstrates the teaching value of photographs of anatomic details as revealed in surgery.
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Division of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*