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Transpalatal approach to the petrous apex:

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. E. Davis  and
P. E. Robin
A. E. Davis
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15
P. E. Robin
Affiliation:
Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham 18.
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Abstract

A case is described in which a transpalatal, transpharyngeal approach was used for access to a cyst of the petrous apex.

Although its indications are limited, in selected patients this conservative procedure has advantages over the more invasive lateral routes.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 94 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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