Ultrasonic bone curettage for optic canal unroofing and anterior clinoidectomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 621-624

  Han, Soo Chang ^a   Joko, Masahiro ^a   Joon, Suk Song ^a   Ito, Kiyoshi ^a   Inoue, Tatsushi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior clinoidectomy; Optic canal unroofing; Parasellar tumor; Ultrasonic bone curette

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; CURETTAGE; DRILL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPTIC NERVE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VISION;

CRANIOTOMY; CURETTAGE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; ORBIT; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645549860     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.4.621     Document Type: Article

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