Could transcranial endoscopy represent an alternative to craniotomy in skull base surgery?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-158

  Belli, Evaristo ^a   Longo, Benedetto ^b   Marini, Filippo Balestra ^c   Matteini, Claudio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Policlinico Umberto I ^*  (Italy)

^c S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniofacial malformations; Craniofacial tumors; Endoscopy; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID BONE; FACE TUMOR; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSCRANIAL ENDOSCOPY; CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPE; FRONTAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; ORBIT; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID BONE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; ORBIT; PITUITARY GLAND; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 14544269944     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200501000-00031     Document Type: Article

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