Modifications of the transoral approach to the craniovertebral junction: Anatomic study and clinical correlations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Youssef, A Samy ^a   Guiot, Bernard ^a   Black, Keith ^b   Sloan, Andrew E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral junction; Glossotomy; Mandibulotomy; Palatotomy; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBULOGLOSSOTOMY; MANDIBULOTOMY; PALATOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSORAL APPROACH; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOUTH; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 42449099963     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317386.99055.3f     Document Type: Article

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