====== Lateral supraorbital approach ====== {{ ::lateralsupraorbitalapproach1.jpeg?400|}} [[Supraorbital]] [[eyebrow]]), and lateral approaches see also [[Contralateral supraorbital approach]]. The lateral [[supraorbital approach]] is a minimally invasive modification of the standard [[pterional approach]]. It was extensively and successfully used by [[Juha Hernesniemi]], ((Hernesniemi J, Ishii K, Niemelä M, Smrcka M, Kivipelto L, Fujiki M, Shen H. Lateral supraorbital approach as an alternative to the classical pterional approach. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2005;94:17-21. PubMed PMID: 16060236.)) ((Hernesniemi J, Dashti R, Lehecka M, Niemelä M, Rinne J, Lehto H, et al. Microneurosurgical management of anterior communicating artery aneurysms. Surg Neurol. 2008;70:8–28.)) ((Lehecka M, Dashti R, Romani R, Celik O, Navratil O, Kivipelto L, et al. Microneurosurgical management of internal carotid artery bifurcation aneurysms. Surg Neurol. 2009;71:649–67.)) ((Romani R, Laakso A, Niemelä M, Lehecka M, Dashti R, Isarakul P, et al. Microsurgical principles for anterior circulation aneurysms. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2010;107:3–7.)) it avoids the approach through the [[sylvian fissure]] (SF) and irrespective of the SF anatomy approaches the aneurysms immediately subfrontally. The SF is only partially open. ===== Indications ===== [[Lateral supraorbital approach indications]]. ===== Technique ===== [[Lateral supraorbital approach technique]]. ====Videos==== Lateral Supraorbital Approach Applied to Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas Video 1 Lateral Supraorbital Approach Applied to Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas Video 2 Lateral Supraorbital Approach Applied to Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas Video 3 Lateral Supraorbital Approach Applied to Anterior Clinoidal Meningiomas Video 4 ===== Case series ===== [[Lateral supraorbital approach case series]]. ===== References =====