Partial labyrinthectomy petrous apicectomy approach to the petroclival region: An anatomic and technical study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-160

  Chanda, Amitabha ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^b   Langmoen, Iver A ^b   Sekhar, Laligam N ^b   Ramachandran, Pranatartiharan ^b   Day, John Diaz ^b  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Meckel's cave; Partial labyrinthectomy; Petroclival; Petrous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLIVUS; CRANIOTOMY; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MASTOIDECTOMY; PETROUS BONE; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE;

EID: 0036664612     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00022     Document Type: Article

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