Reconstruction of the cranial base following endonasal skull base surgery: Regional tissue flaps

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

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

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

Author keywords

Cranial base reconstruction; Endonasal skull base surgery; Endoscopic skull base surgery; Palatal mucosal flap; Pericranial flap; Temporoparietal fascial flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MUCOSA; MUSCLE FLAP; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SURGERY; PALATE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 77953790904     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otot.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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