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Frontolateral keyhole craniotomy through a superciliary skin incision in children

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Introduction

In our experience, frontolateral keyhole craniotomy in children is a safe approach for an experienced neurosurgeon to use in the treatment of the tumors or arachnoid cysts of the anterior fossa and sellar regions.

Technical note

The authors describe the frontolateral keyhole craniotomy, which is a modification of the generally used pterional approach. The operations were carried out through an approximately 2.5×3-cm frontolateral miniaturized craniotomy after a skin incision just above the eyebrow. We adopted this technique in pediatric neurosurgery.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, National Institute of Neurosurgery of Hungary, Amerikai Street 57, 1145, Budapest, Hungary

    László Bognár, Sándor Czirják & Gábor Madarassy

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Bognár, L., Czirják, S. & Madarassy, G. Frontolateral keyhole craniotomy through a superciliary skin incision in children. Childs Nerv Syst 19, 765–768 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0755-8

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