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Preservation of the olfactory tract in bifrontal craniotomy
Paulo H Aguiar1, Guilherme A Pulici, Leonardo O Lourenco
1Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clinicas, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. phpaneurocir@aol.com
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|April 20, 2002
Abstract:
The bifrontal craniotomy approach used to be associated with a high percentage of olfactory tract damage. We present our experience with this technique, that was used with excellent results in a series of 11 patients that underwent the surgical approach described in this paper. We support the idea that bilateral subfrontal craniotomy allows a wide operative exposure as well as the complete anatomic and functional preservation of the olfactory tracts bilaterally.