The pterional-transsylvian approach: An analytical study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Figueiredo, Eberval Gadelha ^a   Deshmukh, Pushpa ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Preul, Mark C ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic study; Pterional approach; Sylvian fissure; Transsylvian approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CRANIOTOMY; EVALUATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERIONAL TRANSSYLVIAN APPROACH; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

CADAVER; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 33750052571     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000233691.23208.9C     Document Type: Article

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