Modifications to the orbitozygomatic approach. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 924-930

  Lemole Jr , G Michael ^a   Henn, Jeffrey S ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified orbitozygomatic approach; Orbitozygomatic approach; Skull base surgery; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORBITOZYGOMATIC CRANIOTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0142244761     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.5.0924     Document Type: Article

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