Endonasal transpterygoid approach to the infratemporal fossa: Correlation of endoscopic and multiplanar CT anatomy

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-320

  Mousa Sadr Hosseini, Seid ^a   Razfar, Ali ^b   Carrau, Ricardo L ^c   Prevedello, Daniel M ^d   Fernandez Miranda, Juan ^e   Zanation, Adam ^f   Kassam, Amin B ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

anatomy; endoscopy; infratemporal fossa; pterygopalatine fossa; training model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MAXILLARY SINUS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VASCULARIZATION; VIDIAN NERVE;

CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NOSE; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856973528     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21725     Document Type: Article

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