Endoscopic endonasal treatment of a spontaneous temporosphenoidal encephalocele with a detachable silicone balloon: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1212-1216

  Alfieri, Alessandra ^a   Schettino, Raffaele ^a   Taborelli, Angelo ^a   Pontiggia, Maurizio ^a   Reganati, Paolo ^a   Ballarini, Valerio ^a   Monolo, Luigi ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Detachable silicone balloon; Endoscope; Pituitary surgery; Sphenoid encephalocele

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DEVICE; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SPHENOID SINUS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036828915     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.5.1212     Document Type: Article

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