Posterior transpetrosal approach: Less is more

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Sincoff, Eric H ^a   McMenomey, Sean O ^a   Delashaw Jr , Johnny B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clival; Petroclival; Posterior transpetrosal approach; Transcrusal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTOIDECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846944659     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249232.12860.A5     Document Type: Article

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