Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the working area obtained by endoscope and microscope in various approaches to the anterior communicating artery complex using computed tomography-based frameless stereotaxy: A cadaver study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1147-1152

  Filipce, Venko ^a,b   Pillai, Promod ^b   Makiese, Orphee ^b   Zarzour, Hekmat ^b   Pigott, Matt ^b   Ammirati, Mario ^b  

^a Dardinger Microneurosurgical Skull Base Laboratory   (Macedonia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior communicating artery; Endoscope assisted microneurosurgery; Endoscopy; Frameless stereotaxy; Keyhole approach; Orbitozygomatic approach; Pterional approach

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NEURONAVIGATION;

EID: 74349129537     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359328.90826.97     Document Type: Article

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