Extended Lateral Orbital Craniotomy: Anatomic Study and Initial Clinical Series of a Novel Minimally Invasive Pterional Approach

摘要

Background Of the minimally invasive “keyhole” alternatives to the pterional region, the supraorbital eyebrow approach is the most widely adopted. Yet it can prove disadvantageous when a more direct lateral microsurgical trajectory of attack to the Sylvian fissure and anterior middle fossa are needed.