Lateral transzygomatic middle fossa approach and its extensions: Surgical technique and 3D anatomy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-41

  Chotai, Silky ^a   Kshettry, Varun R ^a,b   Petrak, Alex ^a   Ammirati, Mario ^a  

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

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle fossa; Neurosurgery; Transzygomatic

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; SILICON;

ANTERIOR CLINOIDECTOMY; ANTERIOR PETROSECTOMY; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BODY POSITION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIOTOMY; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROCEDURES; SKULL; SPHENOID; SUPERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; SURGICAL DRILL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSZYGOMATIC MIDDLE FOSSA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; ORBIT; SURGERY; ZYGOMA;

CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; ORBIT; ZYGOMA;

EID: 84920735938     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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