Craniofaclal resection of anterior skull base tumours: Factors contributing to success

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 350-353

  Rutter, Michael J ^a   Furneaux, Christopher E ^b   Morton, Randall P ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterior skull base; Complications; Craniofacial resection; Neoplasms; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031595955     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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