Transethmoidal approach to the optic canal: Surgical and radiological microanatomy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-274

  Akdemir, Gökhan ^a,c   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^b   Altin, Levent ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sogutozu Mah 5 Sokak 5/44   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; microanatomy; optic canal; surgery; transethmoidal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; ETHMOIDECTOMY; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MAXILLA; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESERVATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURES; DISSECTION; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 4344617217     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.01.022     Document Type: Article

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