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Retrograde dissection of the temporalis muscle preventing muscle atrophy for pterional craniotomy. Technical note
S Oikawa1, M Mizuno, S Muraoka
1Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A procedure for preventing muscle atrophy in pterional craniotomy by temporalis muscle dissection is described, along with anatomical considerations. The inferior to superior dissection of the temporalis muscle is a very simple technique and is less invasive than other approaches.