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A variety of approaches to the pineal region has been advocated, however, all have some significant disadvantages. A new operative approach to the pineal tentorial region is introduced to eliminate these disadvantages: the three-quarter prone operated side down occipital parietal transtentorial approach.
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Ausman, J.I., Malik, G.M., Pearce, J., Rogers, J.S. (1986). A New Operative Approach to the Pineal Region. In: Samii, M. (eds) Surgery in and around the Brain Stem and the Third Ventricle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71240-1_39
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