Back to the Egyptians: Neurosurgery via the nose - A five-thousand year history and the recent contribution of the endoscope

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   De Divitiis, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egypt; Endoscopi; History; Minimally invasive surgery; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; EGYPT; ENDOSCOPE; FACE DEFORMITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE; NOSE SURGERY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHENOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EGYPT; ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 33845421159     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0040-x     Document Type: Review

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