Quality of life following endonasal skull base surgery

Skull Base

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Pant, Harshita ^a   Bhatki, Amol M ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Vescan, Allan D ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^a   Gardner, Paul ^a   Prevedello, Daniel ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic approach; Quality of life; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149132035     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242983     Document Type: Article

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