Extended transbasal approach to skull base tumors: Technical nuances and review of the literature

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 913-919

  Chandler, James P ^a,b   Silva, Fernando E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOTOMY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; NEUROSURGERY;

HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27144512567     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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