Conquering the castle: A novel technique for the middle fossa approach in facial decompression

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 907-911

  Eren, Erdem ^a   Basxoǧlu, M Sinan ^a   Bingölballi, Aslihan Gürcan ^a   Aslan, Hale ^a   Kiray, Amacx ^b   Özbay, Can ^a   Öztürkcan, Sedat ^a   Katilmiş, Hüseyin ^a  

^a Atatürk Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadaver study; Facial decompression; Middle fossa; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; EARDRUM; ENDOSCOPE; EXTERNAL EAR; FACIAL DECOMPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FORAMEN SPINOSUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALLEUS; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PATIENT SAFETY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE FRACTURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZYGOMA; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE;

CADAVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 84872047013     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812452841     Document Type: Article

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