Midfacial degloving: The best alternative for treatment of trans-sphenoidal meningocele of the pterygopalatine fossa

Skull Base

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Kantas, Ilias ^a   Tzindros, Georgios ^a   Papadopoulou, Anna ^a   Marangos, Nikolaos ^a,b  

^a Center of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Midfacial degloving; Pterygopalatine fossa; Trans sphenoid meningocele

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MENINGOCELE; MIDFACIAL DEGLOVING; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 34248636775     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-934110     Document Type: Article

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