Nasoseptal "rescue" flap: A novel modification of the nasoseptal flap technique for pituitary surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 990-993

  Rivera Serrano, Carlos M ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Gardner, Paul ^a   Prevedello, Daniel ^b   Wheless, Stephen ^c   Kassam, Amin B ^b   Carrau, Ricardo L ^b   Germanwala, Anand ^c   Zanation, Adam ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

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

^d Neurosciences Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

endoscopic surgery; nasoseptal flap; pituitary surgery; reconstruction; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS GRAFT; HYPOPHYSIS SURGERY; LIQUORRHEA; MORBIDITY; NASOSEPTAL FLAP; ORGAN DONOR; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CADAVER; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79955541767     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21419     Document Type: Article

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