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13 maj 2024 · The pterional or fronto-temporo-sphenoidal approach is one of the most frequently performed neurocranial craniotomy / craniectomy approaches and allows access to numerous important supratentorial anatomical substrates of vascular and neoplastic pathology.
The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join. [1] It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple. It is also considered to be the weakest part of the skull, which makes it clinically significant, as if there is a fracture around the pterion it could be accompanied by an epidural hematoma.
The pterional or frontotemporal craniotomy is the workhorse of the supratentorial approaches. Because of its simplicity, flexibility, efficiency, and familiarity to neurosurgeons, this corridor is the most commonly used surgical route to lesions along the anterior and middle skull base.
17 lis 2019 · The pterion is the H-shaped formation of sutures on the side of the calvarium representing the junction of four skull bones: It is located at the anterior end of the s quamous suture, whereas the asterion is located at the posterior end.
16 sty 2024 · The pterional or frontosphenotemporal craniotomy has stood the test of time and continues to be a commonly used method of managing a variety of neurosurgical pathology. Already described in the beginning of the twentieth century and perfected by Yasargil in the 1970s, it has seen many modifications. These modifications have been a normal ...
13 mar 2024 · The pterional region is where the frontal, temporal, parietal, and sphenoid bones meet on the side of the head. The operation involves an incision just behind the hairline. Healthcare...
31 gru 2019 · The pterion is an area of confluence of frontal, parietal, squamous temporal and greater wing of sphenoid bones in the Norma lateralis of the skull [1]. It was first classified by Broca [2] into pterion en H, pterion retourne and pterion en K representing the sphenoparietal, frontotemporal and stellate varieties.
