Endoscopic transnasal resection of anterior cranial fossa meningiomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  de Divitiis, Enrico ^a   Esposito, Felice ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Cavallo, Luigi M ^a   de Divitiis, Oreste ^a   Esposito, Isabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Extended transnasal approach; Meningioma; Olfactory groove; Skull base; Tuberculum sellae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67650119459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.12.E8     Document Type: Article

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