Transoral robotic surgery of the skull base: A cadaver and feasibility study

ORL

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Lee, John Y K ^a,b   O'Malley Jr , Bert W ^a   Newman, Jason G ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Lega, Bradley ^a   Diaz, Jason ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical transoral robotic surgery; Skull base; Transoral robotic surgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLIVUS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE;

CADAVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SKULL BASE;

EID: 77954942130     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276937     Document Type: Article

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