The radical transbasal approach for resection of anterior and midline skull base lesions

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-490

  Feiz Erfan, Iman ^b   Han, Patrick P ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Horn, Eric M ^b   Klopfenstein, Jeffrey D ^b   Porter, Randall W ^b   Ferreira, Mauro A T ^b   Beals, Stephen P ^b   Lettieri, Salvatore C ^b   Joganic, Edward F ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior fossa; Craniofacial surgery; Sinonasal cavity; Transfrontonasoorbital approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIOTOMY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MORBIDITY; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; ORBIT; ORBITAL CORTEX; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244445025     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0485     Document Type: Article

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