Repair of iatrogenic temporal lobe encephalocele after canal wall down mastoidectomy in the presence of active cholesteatoma

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-594

  McMurphy, Andrea Barber ^a   Oghalai, John S ^a   Alford, Bobby R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal wall down mastoidectomy; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Cholesteatoma; Encephalocele; Middle cranial fossa; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CANAL WALL DOWN MASTOIDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 22644439164     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000178119.46290.e1     Document Type: Article

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