Endoscopic reconstruction of cranial base defects following endonasal skull base surgery

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a   Carrau, Ricardo ^a   Mintz, Arlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Dural reconstruction; Endonasal skull base surgery; Mucosal flap; Skull base reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRAIN INFECTION; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOPLASTY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT;

EID: 33846972683     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959337     Document Type: Article

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