Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Bone and Measurements of the Skull Base for Transpetrosal Approaches

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Bozbuǧa, Mustafa ^a   Öztürk, Adnan ^b   Ari, Zafer ^b   Şahinoǧlu, Kayihan ^b   Bayraktar, Bülent ^b   Polat, Gürsel ^a   Gürel, Işik ^a  

^a Kartal Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cranial base surgery; Measurements; Surgical anatomy; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE; SURGERY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 2542642503     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.75.1_33     Document Type: Article

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