Open AccessAnatomic Position of the Asterion
Author(s) -
John D. Day,
Manfred Tschabitscher
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00045
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , transverse plane , landmark , sinus (botany) , sigmoid sinus , orthodontics , surgery , computer science , botany , artificial intelligence , thrombosis , biology , genus
The asterion is defined as the junction of the lambdoid, parietomastoid, and occipitomastoid sutures. The asterion has been used as a landmark in lateral approaches to the posterior fossa. However, its reliability as a landmark comes into question considering the apparent variability of its position. This study was performed to determine the reliability of the asterion as a surgical landmark.