title: The far-lateral craniotomy: tips and tricks.
abstract: This article intends to describe in a didactical and practical manner the suboccipital far-lateral craniotomy. 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 Neurocirurgia Vascular, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Feres
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chaddad-Neto
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microcirurgia, Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas, Hospital Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hugo Leonardo
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Doria-Netto
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microcirurgia, Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas, Hospital Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Maria de
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Campos Filho
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microcirurgia, Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas, Hospital Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mateus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reghin-Neto
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America.
authors.forename: Albert L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rothon
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microcirurgia, Instituto de Ciências Neurológicas, Hospital Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro de
authors.initials: Ed
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery