Combined pre- and retrosigmoid approach for petroclival meningiomas with the aid of a rotatable head frame: Peri-auricular three-quarter twist-rotation approach: Technical note

Skull Base

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-215

  Fujitsu, Kazuhiko ^a   Kitsuta, Yohichi ^a   Takemoto, Yasunori ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeo ^a   Tateishi, Kensuke ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multidirectional approach; Petroclival meningioma; Rotatable head frame

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRILL; FATIGUE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 14844318053     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-860952     Document Type: Article

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