Extended Transsphenoidal Approach with Σ-shape Osteotomy of the Maxilla: Technical Note

Skull Base

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Sawamura, Yutaka ^a,b,c   Terasaka, Shunsuke ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0033013146     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058158     Document Type: Article

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