The medial wall of the cavernous sinus: Microsurgical anatomy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Yasuda, Alexandre ^a   Campero, Alvaro ^a   Martins, Carolina ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a,c   Ribas, Guilherme C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Cranial nerves; Internal carotid artery; Medial wall; Microsurgical anatomy; Pituitary capsule; Pituitary tumors; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS MEDIAL WALL; CRANIAL NERVE; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CAPSULE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 3042779796     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000126953.59406.77     Document Type: Article

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