Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
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Venous drainage of the temporal lobe is of great importance in various neurosurgical and combined skull base approaches. The most significant draining vein of the temporal lobe is the inferior anastomotic vein (vein of Labbé). The purpose of this study was to examine the detailed anatomy and variations of the vein of Labbé (VL) from microsurgical perspective. ⋯ Results of this study suggest that careful and thorough evaluation of the VL is of great importance, especially in surgeries combining a subtemporal route with petrosal approaches by sectioning the SPS and the tentorium.