Surface and superficial surgical anatomy of the posterolateral cranial base: Significance for surgical planning and approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1079-1084

  Diaz Day, J ^a,d   Kellogg, Jordi X ^a   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^b   Fukushima, Takanori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Allegheny Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^d LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cranial base; Sigmoid sinus; Surgical approach; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOID; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; ZYGOMA;

CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MASTOID; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 9344265202     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00003     Document Type: Article

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