The Le Fort I-palatal split approach for skull base tumors: Efficacy, complications, and outcome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2310-2319

  Williams, W Geoff ^a   Lo, Lun Jou ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; MENINGITIS; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032410547     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00006     Document Type: Article

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