Complications in skull base surgery for malignancy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1959-1966

  Donald, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Complications; Meningitis; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032703360     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199912000-00012     Document Type: Article

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