Endoscopic endonasal surgery for skull base tumours: Technique and preliminary results in a consecutive case series report

Rhinology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Enseñat, Joaquim ^a   de Notaris, Matteo ^a   Sánchez, Moises ^a   Fernández, Carla ^a   Ferrer, Enrique ^a   Bernal Sprekelsen, Manuel ^b   Alobid, Isam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endonasal approach; Endoscopy; Extended approach; Minimal invasive; Skull base; Transphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874755155     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino12.090     Document Type: Article

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