[The pterional craniotomy: step by step].
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.
Chaddad Neto
Feres
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Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Ribas
Guilherme Carvalhal
GC
Oliveira
Evandro de
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D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D010781:Photography; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*