Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery

Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy

Indications Exposure of the sphenoid wing, suprasellar and sellar regions, cavernous sinus, and upper clivus. Aneurysms clipping the anterior and posterior circulation (upper basilar and its proximal branches). Resection of extraaxial tumors of the anterior and middle cranial fossa and…