title: The pterional craniotomy: tips and tricks.
abstract: This review intended to describe in a didactic and practical manner the frontotemporosphenoidal craniotomy, which is usually known as pterional craniotomy and 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 describes with details how the authors currently perform this craniotomy.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas SP, Brazil. fereschaddad@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Feres
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chaddad-Neto
authors.forename: José Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Campos Filho
authors.forename: Hugo Leonardo
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dória-Netto
authors.forename: Mario H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: Guilherme Carvalhal
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: Evandro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004210:Dissection; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery