The transconjunctival microsurgical approach to the orbit: Recent experience in 22 cases

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 310-317

  Hejazi, N ^a,b   Hassler, W ^a  

^a Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Orbital tumours; Transconjunctival approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE INJURY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030760267     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746096     Document Type: Article

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