The endoscopic endonasal approach to the lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus via the pterygopalatine fossa: Comparison of endoscopic and radiological landmarks

Neurosurgery

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

  Magro, Francesco ^a   Solari, Domenico ^a   Cavallo, Luigi M ^a   Samii, Amir ^b   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Paternò, Vincenzo ^b   Lüdemann, Wolf O ^b   De Divitiis, Enrico ^a   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus; Pterygopalatine fossa; Radiological landmarks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NOSE; SPHENOID BONE; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33750062863     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000233977.79721.17     Document Type: Article

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