How to choose? Endoscopic skull base reconstructive options and limitations

Skull Base

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 397-403

  Patel, Mihir R ^a   Stadler, Michael E ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^b   Carrau, Ricardo L ^c   Kassam, Amin B ^d   Germanwala, Anand V ^c   Gardner, Paul ^b   Zanation, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; AlloDerm; CSF leak rate; nasoseptal flap; pericranial flap; skull base; Skull base reconstruction; vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFERIOR TURBINATE FLAP; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE TURBINATE FLAP; NASOSEPTAL FLAP; PALATAL FLAP; PERICRANIAL FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; TEMPOROPARIETAL FASCIA FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958116030     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253573     Document Type: Article

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