Preservation of the olfactory tract in bifrontal craniotomy for various lesions of the anterior cranial fossa

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Sepehrnia, Abolghassem ^a   Knopp, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cranial base; Anterior skull base; Bifrontal craniotomy; Olfaction; Olfactory tract; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; MALE; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SMELLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY NERVE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032950725     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00068     Document Type: Article

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