title: [The pterional craniotomy: step by step].
abstract: This article intends to describe in a didactical and practical manner the frontotemporosphenoidal craniotomy, that is usually known as pterional craniotomy and that constitute the cranial approach mostly utilized in the modern neurosurgery. This is then basically a descriptive text, divided according to the main stages involved in this procedure, and that describes with details how the authors currently perform this craniotomy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Feres
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chaddad Neto
authors.forename: Guilherme Carvalhal
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: Evandro de
authors.initials: Ed
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D010781:Photography; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*