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Supraorbital eyebrow approach to skull base lesions
Yvens Barbosa Fernandes1, Daniel Maitrot, Pierre Kehrli
1Disciplina de Neurocirurgia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 18, 2002
Abstract:
We report our experience with a supraorbital eyebrow minicraniotomy. This technique is suitable to lesions situated in the region of the anterior fossa, suprasellar cisterns, parasellar region and Sylvian fissure. A 50 mm incision in the eyebrow and a supraorbital minicraniotomy is performed. Sixteem patients harboring different lesions were operated on with good postoperative and cosmetic results. We conclude that this approach is safe and useful in selected cases.