Endoscopic endonasal surgery for petrous apex lesions

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Endoscopic surgery; Petrous apex; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PETROUS APICITIS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PETROUS BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63249096355     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20027     Document Type: Article

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