Ossification of ligaments near the foramen ovale: An anatomic study with potential clinical significance regarding transcutaneous approaches to the skull base

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   May Jr , William R ^a   Apaydin, Nihal ^b   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d St George's University   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cranial base; Gasserian ganglion; Neurosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGAMENTS; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEEDLES; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 74549113648     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345952.64041.9C     Document Type: Article

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