Defining the nasopalatine line: The limit for endonasal surgery of the spine

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-244

  De Almeida, John R ^a   Zanation, Adam M ^b   Snyderman, Carl H ^b,c   Carrau, Ricardo L ^b   Prevedello, Daniel M ^b   Gardner, Paul A ^b   Kassam, Amin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cranial base; Craniovertebral junction; Endonasal; Endoscopic; Nasopalatine angle; Nasopalatine line; Odontoid process; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOSCOPY; HARD PALATE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; PALATE, HARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63249087203     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20108     Document Type: Article

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