Preauricular infratemporal fossa surgical approach: Modifications of the technique and surgical indications

Skull Base

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-151

  Mansour, Ossama I ^a,b   Carrau, Ricardo L ^b,c   Snyderman, Carl H ^b   Kassam, Amin B ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infratemporal fossa; Preauricular approach; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISSECTION; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX FIBROMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 4644367116     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832256     Document Type: Article

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