Endoscopic transnasal approach to the cavernous sinus versus transcranial route: Anatomic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Cavallo, Luigi Maria ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Galzio, Renato ^b   Iaconetta, Giorgio ^a   De Divitiis, Enrico ^a   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus anatomy; Cranial base surgery; Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Pituitary adenoma; Skull base surgery; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 16844373928     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000156548.30011.D4     Document Type: Article

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