METHODS: Review of the literature highlights the occipital transtentorial approach from the historical context prior its description and the beginning to the current modifications and new recent insights.
RESULTS: The occipital transtentorial approach described initially by Poppen in 1966 has played a key role in the progress and success accessing the pineal area.
CONCLUSIONS: This historical review aims to highlight the extraordinary effort of those neurosurgeons who guided and led the development of one of the most important approaches to the pineal region.
方法:对文献的回顾突出了枕骨跨治疗方法从其描述之前的历史背景和开始到当前的修改和新的最新见解。
结果:Poppen于1966年最初描述的枕骨跨幕方法在进入松果体区的进展和成功中发挥了关键作用。
结论:这篇历史回顾旨在强调那些指导和领导松果体区最重要方法之一的神经外科医生的非凡努力。