A comprehensive algorithm for anterior skull base reconstruction after oncological resections

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Gil, Ziv ^a   Abergel, Avraham ^a   Leider Trejo, Leonor ^a   Khafif, Avi ^a   Margalit, Nevo ^a   Amir, Aharon ^b   Gur, Eyal ^b   Fliss, Dan M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Craniofacial; CSF leak; Malignant tumors; Neoplasms; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN INFECTION; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CRANIOPLASTY; FACE SURGERY; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE FLAP; NASAL BONE; ORBIT; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33846978775     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959333     Document Type: Article

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