Aa. Potapov et al., REMOVAL OF A CRANIO-ORBITAL FOREIGN-BODY BY A SUPRAORBITAL-PTERION APPROACH, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 7(3), 1996, pp. 224-227
Foreign body removal in blind, penetrating craniocerebral injuries, es
pecially those involving craniobasal localization, could entail additi
onal brain trauma risk. Under such conditions one can use surgical app
roaches for tumor removal or clipping of intracranial aneurysms. In th
is report, we present a case of blind, penetrating craniofacial injury
in which a supraorbital-pterion approach for foreign body removal was
used. Craniography, carotid angiography, and computed tomography data
, including three-dimensional imaging, were taken into consideration w
hile planning the operation.