Closure of large skull base defects after endoscopic transnasal craniotomy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Harvey, Richard J ^a,b   Nogueira Jr , João F ^a   Schlosser, Rodney J ^b   Patel, Sunil J ^b   Vellutini, Eduardo ^c   Stamm, Aldo C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PROFESSOR EDMUNDO VASCONCELOS   (Brazil)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Hospital Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Endoscopy; Flap; Reconstruction; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT DURATION;

CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 68849132560     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.8.JNS08236     Document Type: Article

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