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Transpalatal approach to the petrous apex:

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

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

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
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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