Partial labyrinthectomy petrous apicectomy approach to neoplastic and vascular lesions of the petroclival area

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-552

  Sekhar, Laligam N ^a   Schessel, David A ^a   Bucur, Sorin D ^a   Raso, Jair L ^a   Wright, Donald C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Petroclival meningioma; Petrosal approach; Skull base; Surgical technique; Vertebrobasilar aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABYRINTHECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0032980440     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199903000-00060     Document Type: Article

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