Eyebrow Keyhole Approach in Aneurysm Surgery

• Main Authors: Asra Al Fauzi, Nur Setiawan Suroto, Abdul Hafid Bajamal
• Format: Book Section PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/96445/1/Book%20Chapter%20Internasional%20Eyebrow.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/96445/2/Eyebrow%20Keyhole%20Approach.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/96445/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8950-3
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The concept of keyhole neurosurgery is not only to perform small incision and reduce the craniotomy size for the sake of a small opening as we called “keyhole,” but it is rather to make “minimum craniotomy” required to access deep intracranial lesions at the end of the route. Standard craniotomy forms a “funnel-shaped surgical corridor" to reach deeper area of the brain. In contrast, keyhole mini craniotomy forms a “reverse funnel-shaped surgical corridor” that provides adequate working space through small incision and bone window to reach the target. This concept of this approach is that the deep area of the brain can be accessed through smaller craniotomy since the superficial optical field is widened if the size of craniotomy is bigger.