Anterior clivectomy: Surgical technique and clinical applications - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 783-793

  Al Mefty, Ossama ^a,b   Kadri, Paulo A S ^a   Hasan, David M ^a   Isolan, Gustavo Rassier ^a   Pravdenkova, Svetlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Clivus; Maxillotomy; Neuroendoscopy; Neuronavigation; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVECTOMY; CLIVUS; CRANIAL NERVE; DISSECTION; DRILL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MAXILLA; MORTALITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149157655     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/11/0783     Document Type: Article

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