Subtemporal keyhole approach to the suprasellar and petroclival region: Microanatomic considerations and clinical application

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 592-601

  Taniguchi, Masaaki ^a,b   Perneczky, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscope assisted microneurosurgery; Microanatomy; Petroclival region; Subtemporal keyhole approach; Suprasellar region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030803313     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199709000-00017     Document Type: Article

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