Endoscopic endonasal partial middle turbinectomy approach: Adaptability of the procedure in a cadaveric study and in surgery for different sphenoid sinus and skull base lesions

Skull Base

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  El Banhawy, Omar A ^a,d   El Dien, Abd El Hafiz Shehab ^a   Zolfakar, Ahmed Said ^b   Halaka, Ahmed N ^c   Ayad, Heshmat ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c El Hikmah Hospital   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endonasal; Endoscopic; Middle turbinate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE;

EID: 32644465048     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922014     Document Type: Article

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