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Three-quarter prone approach to the pineal-tentorial region
J I Ausman1, G M Malik, M Dujovny
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
Surgical Neurology
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
A three-quarter prone, operative approach to the pineal region is described: the three-quarter prone, operated-side-down position. This approach avoids the disadvantages of the approaches from other directions to this region and provides a comfortable position for the surgeon and assistant, minimal retraction of the parietal-occipital lobe, and access to the third ventricle, pineal region, midbrain, and superior vermis.