Transcranial approach for transsphenoidal encephalocele: Report of two cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-257

  Tsutsumi, Kazuo ^a   Asano, Takao ^a   Shigeno, Taku ^a   Matsui, Tohru ^a   Ito, Shouichi ^a   Kaizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal meningocele; Pericranial flap; Transcranial approach; Transsphenoidal encephalocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0032975295     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00221-8     Document Type: Article

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