Endoscopically assisted transoral-transpharyngeal approach to the craniovertebral junction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 60-66

  Frempong Boadu, Anthony K ^a   Faunce, Wesley A ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^a,c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicomedullary junction; Endoscope; Myelopathy; Transoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036870780     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211002-00009     Document Type: Article

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