Skull Base Surgery in Al-Muwasat University Hospital
published by Damascus University
in 2006
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
This article aims to assess the application of skull- base approaches and
their results in the management of different skull-base pathology in Al-
Muwasat university hospital in Damascus.
Different approaches to the skull base (Supraorbital, CranioOrbito-
Zygomatic, Extended middle fossa, Petrosal and Transcondylar) were used
according to the pathology and site of the lesion.
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