Endoscopic transnasal transmaxillary transpterygoid approach to the parapharyngeal space: An anatomic study

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Taniguchi, M ^a   Kohmura, E ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anatomy; endoscopy; parapharyngeal space; skull base; skull base tumor; transnasal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSNASAL TRANSMAXILLARY TRANSPTERYGOID SURGERY; HEAD; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE; PHARYNX; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 79951502333     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1263126     Document Type: Article

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