Transciliary subfrontal craniotomy for anterior skull base lesions: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 892-896

  Sánchez Vázquez, Miguel A ^b   Barrera Calatayud, Pablo ^b   Mejia Villela, Manuel ^b   Palma Silva, Julio F ^b   Juan Carachure, Isidro ^b   Gomez Aguilar, Jose M ^b   Sanchez Herrera, Federico ^a  

^a Hospital General Dario Fernandez Fierro   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior fossa; Craniotomy; Operative approach; Sella turcica; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0342545425     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.5.0892     Document Type: Article

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