Far lateral transcondylar approach: Dimensional anatomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-100

  Dowd, Gregory C ^a   Zeiller, Steve ^a   Awasthi, Deepak ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Clivus; Cranial base; Far lateral; Occipital condyle; Skull base; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; REFERENCE VALUES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032984104     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199907000-00023     Document Type: Article

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