Neuronavigation-assisted transoral-transpharyngeal approach for basilar invagination - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 306-308

  Ugur, Hasan Caglar ^a   Kahilogullari, Gokmen ^a   Attar, Ayhan ^a   Caglar, Sukru ^a   Savas, Ali ^a   Egemen, Nihat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Neuronavigation; Transoral transpharyngeal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PLATYBASIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745492184     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.306     Document Type: Article

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