Retrograde dissection of the temporalis muscle preventing muscle atrophy for pterional craniotomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-299

  Oikawa, Susumu ^a,b   Mizuno, Masahiko ^c   Muraoka, Shinsuke ^c   Kobayashi, Shigeaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Operative technique; Pterional craniotomy; Retrograde dissection; Subperiosteum; Temporalis muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

CRANIOTOMY; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID BONE; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030071192     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0297     Document Type: Article

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