Endoscopic reconstruction of large anterior skull base defects using acellular dermal allograft

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-618

  Germani, Ross M ^a,b   Vivero, Richard ^a   Herzallah, Islam R ^a   Casiano, Roy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AlloDerm; Anterior skullbase; ASB; CFS leak; Defects; Endoscopic; Graft; Large; Reconstruction; Success

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEFECT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COLLAGEN; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SKULL BASE;

EID: 36048962103     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3080     Document Type: Article

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