The middle fossa approach and extended middle fossa approach: Technique and operative nuances

Operative Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-201

  Day, J Diaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Anterior transpetrosal approach; Brain tumor; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873940034     PISSN: 23324252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823583a1     Document Type: Article

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