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Reconstruction of the temporalis muscle for the pterional craniotomy. Technical note
1Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Several techniques have been employed to incise the temporalis muscle for the pterional craniotomy. The authors describe a method which provides the advantage of a free bone flap, yet allows anatomical reapproximation of the temporalis muscle to its bone attachment.