Transbasal approaches: Surgical details, pitfalls and avoidances

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Kurtsoy, Ali ^a   Menku, Ahmet ^a   Tucer, Bulent ^a   Oktem, I Suat ^a   Akdemir, Hidayet ^a   Koc, R Kemal ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extended transbasal approach; Neuronavigation; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION DISORDER; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE LESION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRANSBASAL APPROACH; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5344224770     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0322-0     Document Type: Article

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