Orbitozygomatic craniotomy. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 336-341

  Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Kiriş, Talat ^a,b   Sankhla, Suresh K ^a,c   Cabiol, Josep ^a,d   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c University of Barcelona ^*  (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Orbitozygomatic approach; Skull base surgery; Surgical anatomy; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIOTOMY; ENOPHTHALMOS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE INJURY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031819326     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.2.0336     Document Type: Article

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