Endoscopic cranial base surgery: Classification of operative approaches

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 991-1002

  Schwartz, Theodore H ^a   Fraser, Justin F ^a   Brown, Seth ^a   Tabaee, Abtin ^a   Kacker, Ashutosh ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Cranial base; Craniopharyngioma; Esthesioneuroblastoma; Meningioma; Minimally invasive; Pituitary adenoma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; BRAIN TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; SKULL BASE;

EID: 49049096390     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000325861.06832.06     Document Type: Article

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