Management of meningoencephalic herniation of the temporal bone: Personal experience and literature review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1579-1585

  Sanna, Mario ^a   Paolo, Fois ^a   Russo, Alessandra ^a   Falcioni, Maurizio ^a  

^a GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leakage; Cholesteatoma; Chronic otitis media; Encephalocele; Meningitis; Meningoencephalic herniation; Middle ear surgery; Tegmen defect; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA APPROACH; MIDDLE EAR OBLITERATION WITH BLIND SAC CLOSURE OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE MENINGOENCEPHALIC HERNIATION; TRANSMASTOID APPROACH; TRANSMASTOID APPROACH WITH MINICRANIOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOID; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849104293     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20510     Document Type: Article

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