Sphenoid encephaloceles: Disease management and identification of lesions within the lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1800-1805

  Lai, Stephen Y ^a   Kennedy, David W ^a   Bolger, William E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalocele; Lateral recess; Sphenoid sinus; Transpterygoid approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHENOID; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036788459     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200210000-00018     Document Type: Article

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