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Minimally Invasive Thumb-sized Pterional Craniotomy for Surgical Clip Ligation of Unruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms
Published on: August 11, 2015
[Microsurgical treatment of intracraneal arachnoid cysts]
J Enrique Saura Rojas1, Ángel Horcajadas Almansa1, Bienvenido Ros López2
1Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Universidad Granada, Granada, España.
Abstract:
Craniotomy and fenestration of membranes is one of the main treatment options for symptomatic arachnoid cysts. Open surgery advantages include, direct inspection of the cyst, biopsy sampling, fenestration in multilocular cysts and, in certain locations, cyst communication to basal cisterns. The aim of this paper is to review the advantages and disadvantages of this treatment modality for arachnoid cysts taking into account the different anatomical locations.

