The pterional craniotomy is one of the most frequently surgical approaches used in neurosurgery and currently it has become a mainsteam. It allows excellent microsurgical exposure of anterior and posterior regions of the ...

Introduction: Frontotemporal craniotomies, including pterional craniotomies, are the most commonly performed neurosurgical approaches. We studied the external bony landmarks on the lateral surface of the skull to identify ...

This review intended to describe in a didactic and practical manner the frontotemporosphenoidal craniotomy, which is usually known as pterional craniotomy and constitute the cranial approach mostly utilized in the modern ...