Bony tunnel formation in the middle meningeal groove: An anatomic study for safer pterional craniotomy

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 329-332

  Shimizu, S ^a,b   Hagiwara, H ^a,b   Utsuki, S ^b   Oka, H ^b   Nakayama, K ^a   Fujii, K ^b  

^a Yokohama Stroke and Brain Center ^*  (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bony tunnel; Middle meningeal groove; Pterional craniotomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MIDDLE MENINGEAL ARTERY GROOVE; NEUROANATOMY; ORBIT; PTERIONAL CRANIOTOMY; SPHENOID; SPHENOID BONY TUNNEL FORMATION; SUPERIOR ORBIT FISSURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOGENESIS; SKULL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 57749204160     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085430     Document Type: Article

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