Surgical anatomy of the sphenopalatine foramen and its arterial content

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 583-587

  Prades, Jean Michel ^a   Asanau, A ^a   Timoshenko, A P ^a   Faye, M B ^b   Martin, Ch ^a  

^a CHU Nord   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Maxillary artery; Sphenopalatine artery; Sphenopalatine foramen

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEASUREMENT; NOSE CAVITY; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TURBINATE;

ADULT; CADAVER; HUMANS; NOSE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 53149103555     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0390-x     Document Type: Article

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