The anatomy of the sphenopalatine artery for the endoscopic sinus surgeon

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 502-505

  Simmen, Daniel B ^a   Raghavan, Ullas ^b   Briner, Hans Rudolf ^a   Manestar, Mirjana ^c   Groscurth, Peter ^c   Jones, Nick S ^b  

^a KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SURGERY; SPHENOPALATINE ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 33750037285     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2928     Document Type: Article

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