Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 254-262 , December 2011

Endoscopic management of anterior cranial fossa meningiomas

  • Graeme F. Woodworth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Neurosurgery, INBT, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
    • ,
  • Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Vijay K. Anand, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Jeffrey F. Greenfiled, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological, Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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  • Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
    • Department of Neurological, Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
    • Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

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doi: 10.1016/j.otot.2011.08.006

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 254-262 , December 2011

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