Application of anatomy of anterior clinoid process and anterior clinoidectomy in neurosurgery / 中华神经医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The anterior clinoid process (ACP) is an important anatomical structure of the skull base. Some surgeries for intracranial lesions require to remove the ACP in order to achieve visual field exposure of the lesions and surrounding anatomical structure, and provide sufficient operating space. In this paper, the research progress in anatomy and variation of the ACP, methods of anterior clinoidectomy, and applications of anterior clinoidectomy in neurosurgical surgerys are summarized as follows.