TRANSOSSEOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORALIS MUSCLE FOR PTERIONAL CRANIOTOMY - TECHNICAL NOTE

Authors
BRUNORI A DIBENEDETTO A CHIAPPETTA F
Citation
A. Brunori et al., TRANSOSSEOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORALIS MUSCLE FOR PTERIONAL CRANIOTOMY - TECHNICAL NOTE, Minimally invasive neurosurgery, 40(1), 1997, pp. 22-23
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Minimally invasive neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09467211
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
22 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-7211(1997)40:1<22:TROTMF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Temporalis muscle asymmetry is a bothersome complication of pterional craniotomy, resulting from atrophy, malposition, and unreliable fixati on. The authors describe a simple, quick, and inexpensive technique to achieve firm, anatomic reapproximation of the temporalis muscle to it s bone attachment.