Transnasal excerebration surgery in ancient Egypt: Historical vignette

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 743-748

  Fanous, Andrew A ^a   Couldwell, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient Egypt; History of neurosurgery; Mummification; Transethmoidal; Transnasal; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; EGYPT; ETHMOID BONE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROSURGERY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSNASAL EXCEREBRATION SURGERY;

BRAIN; EGYPT; EMBALMING; ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 84859317239     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.JNS11417     Document Type: Article

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