A keyhole middle fossa approach to large cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-71

  Cristante, Loris ^a   Puchner, Maximilian A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Cholesterol granuloma; Keyhole surgery; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEARING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEURALGIA; PETROUS BONE; PONS ANGLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHOLESTEROL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033952795     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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