The work horse of skull base surgery: Orbitozygomatic approach. Technique, modifications, and applications

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Seçkin, Hakan ^a   Avci, Emel ^a   Uluç, Kutluay ^a   Niemann, David ^a   Başkaya, Mustafa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Orbitozygomatic approach; Pterional craniotomy; Skull base approach; Supraorbital craniotomy; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; SKULL BASE;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; SKULL BASE;

EID: 67650115252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.12.E4     Document Type: Article

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