The comparison of conventional pterional and transciliary keyhole approaches: Pro and con

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 891-897

  Wongsirisuwan, Methee ^a   Ananthanandorn, Anant ^a   Prachasinchai, Pravit ^a  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Keyhole; Supraorbital; Transciliary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PTERIONAL APPROACH; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCILIARY KEYHOLE APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 4544232807     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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