TABLE 3.

Surgical approaches in 88 patients with temporal lobe AVMs

	Total		Lateral		Basal		Medial		Sylvian		Ventricular
Approach	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
patients	88		58		9		13		5		3
craniotomy
pterional	19	22	14	24	3	33	0	0	2	40	0	0
orbitozygomatic	13	15	0	0	1	11	9	69	3	60	0	0
temporal	56	64	44	76	5	56	4	31	0	0	3	100
approach
transcortical	61	69	58	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100
transsylvian	14	16	0	0	0	0	9	69	5	100	0	0
subtemporal	13	15	0	0	9	100	4	31	0	0	0	0