Abstract
Frontal lobectomy may be indicated in several circumstances. With olfactory groove meningiomas in which the frontal lobe forms a shell around the tumor, it is not possible to remove the lesion without destruction of part of the frontal lobe. The same holds true with large meningiomas of the sphenoid ridge and planum sphenoidale. Thus, with these tumors, a limited lobectomy is needed. In trauma, the contused lacerated lobe may have to be removed in performing a good debridement. Arteriovenous malformation may require removal of the lobe, but the most frequent reason for removal of the prefrontal part of the frontal lobe is internal decompression in gliomas which otherwise occupy most of the frontal lobe.
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Kempe, L.G. (1968). Frontal Lobectomy. In: Operative Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12634-9_7
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