Postoperative Symptoms and Patient Satisfaction After Standard or Minimally Invasive Pterional Craniotomy for Intracranial Aneurysms. Journal Abstract - Guideline Central

Postoperative Symptoms and Patient Satisfaction After Standard or Minimally Invasive Pterional Craniotomy for Intracranial Aneurysms.

Published: 2026 Jun

Authors

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Abstract

Microsurgical approaches for intracranial aneurysms are more invasive than endovascular treatments and are associated with longer recovery periods and worse cosmetic outcomes. To reduce the significant surgical burden on patients, neurosurgeons have developed more refined techniques. In this study, headache rates and postoperative scar satisfaction were compared between standard pterional and minipterional craniotomies for anterior circulation aneurysm clipping.

Keywords: anterior circulation aneurysms, frontotemporal sphenoidal craniotomy, intracranial aneurysms, middle cerebral artery aneurysms, minipterional craniotomy

Source

Cureus

Publication Type

Journal Article

Language

English

PubMed ID

42535150

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