Minimally invasive alternative approaches to pterional craniotomy: a systematic review of the literature

J Rychen, D Croci, M Roethlisberger, E Nossek… - World neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Minimally invasive alternatives to the pterional craniotomy include the
minipterional and the supraorbital craniotomy (SOC). The latter is performed via either an …

Pterional vs. lateral supraorbital approach in the management of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: insights from a phantom model study

A Amini, VM Swiatek, KP Stein, A Rashidi… - Neurosurgical …, 2024 - Springer
The pterional approach has traditionally been employed for managing middle cerebral
artery (MCA) aneurysms. With potential benefits like reduced surgical morbidity and …

Selection strategy for optimal keyhole approaches for middle cerebral artery aneurysms: lateral supraorbital versus minipterional craniotomy

G Esposito, SF Dias, JK Burkhardt, J Fierstra, C Serra… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background/Objective The lateral supraorbital (LS) and minipterional (MP) approaches have
been reported for treating intracranial aneurysms as alternative to the pterional approach …

Comparative analysis of the exposure and surgical freedom of the endoscopic extended minipterional craniotomy and the transorbital endoscopic approach to the …

R Noiphithak, JC Yanez-Siller, JMR Barbero… - Operative …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Numerous minimally invasive approaches to the skull base have been
successively developed. Knowledge of the surgical nuances of a specific approach may …

Minipterional and supraorbital keyhole craniotomies for ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms: experience at single center

H Tra, T Huynh, B Nguyen - World Neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Keyhole craniotomy is a type of pterional craniotomy that involves a minimally
invasive approach for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. Currently, the minipterional …

Comparative anatomical analysis between the minipterional and supraorbital approaches

R Martínez-Pérez, T Albonette-Felicio… - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Keyhole approaches, namely the minipterional approach (MPTa) and the
supraorbital approach (SOa), are alternatives to the standard pterional approach to treat …

Technical description of minimally invasive extradural anterior clinoidectomy and optic nerve decompression. Study of feasibility and proof of concept

M Chiarullo, J Mura, P Rubino, NN Rabelo… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Several diseases that involve the optic canal or its contained structures may
cause visual impairment. Several techniques have been developed to decompress the optic …

The extradural minipterional approach for the treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms: a cadaver stepwise dissection and clinical case series

R Martinez-Perez, H Joswig, A Tsimpas, T Poblete… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - Springer
Minipterional (MPT) craniotomy has recently been added to the neurosurgical
armamentarium as a less invasive alternative to the pterional craniotomy for the treatment of …

Quantitative anatomic study of the minipterional craniotomy in the paraclinoid region: benefits of extradural anterior clinoidectomy

R Martínez-Pérez, T Albonette-Felicio, MA Zachariah… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Extradural anterior clinoidectomy (eAC) via the minipterional craniotomy (MPT)
approach (MPT+ eAC) has been recently introduced to the neurosurgical armamentarium to …

The sylvian keyhole approach for surgical clipping of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Technical nuance to the minipterional craniotomy

J Rychen, A Saemann, JE Gehweiler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The minipterional (MPT) craniotomy is a workhorse approach for clipping of
middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms. Because it aims to reach the skull base, traction on …