Anatomy and Clinical Application of the Improved Pterional Approach;

METHODS The length of lines linking pterion and zygion to the structures in fossa cranii media and the angles between these lines and median vector were measured in 20 adult head cadavers fixed with formalin.

Microsurgical removal of sellar region tumors via pterional approach: a report of 46 cases;

Anatomical observation of interspace lateral to interal carotid artery via pterional approach under different visual angles;

Modified pterional approach based on imaging characteristics for removal of invasive pituitary adenomas;

Microsurgical removal of 8 cases of large craniopharyngiomas through pterion approach;

Microsurgical treatment of sphenoid ridge meningiomas via pterion approach;

Modified pterion approach in the treatment of cerebral contusion and hematoma at the base of skull:A report of 78 cases;

Quantitive study of range of exposure to sellar region by transorbital keyhole approach and transpterional approach;

Technic of modified transpterional approach and its clinical application;

Objective To summarise the clinical experience on transpterional approach for treatment of procirculated aneurysm by microsurgery.