Bifrontal Transbasal Interhemispheric Approach for Craniopharyngioma

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 174-191

  Kanno, Tetsuo ^a   Kiya, Nobuo ^a   Akashi, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUNDIBULUM; NEUROSURGERY; OLFACTORY NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0346456861     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otns.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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