Trans-eyebrow mini-orbitozygomatic pterional approach for minimally invasive skull base surgery

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Kanaan, Imad N ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Basal meningiomas; Craniotomy; Eyebrow; Minimally invasive; Orbital tumors; Pituitary tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEBROW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKILL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMA;

BRAIN DISEASES; ESTHETICS; EYEBROWS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; ORBIT; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMA;

EID: 15944365885     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830182     Document Type: Article

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