Anatomical considerations for endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery in pediatric patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1730-1737

  Tatreau, Jason R ^a   Patel, Mihir R ^a   Shah, Rupali N ^a   McKinney, Kibwei A ^a   Wheless, Stephen A ^a   Senior, Brent A ^a   Ewend, Matthew G ^a   Germanwala, Anand V ^a   Ebert Jr , Charles S ^a   Zanation, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic skull base surgery; Intercarotid distance; Pediatric skull base surgery; Pituitary surgery; Radio anatomic study; Sphenoid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PYRIFORM SINUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956609538     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20964     Document Type: Article

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