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| Year : 1999 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 300--3 |
Pure extradural approach for skull base lesions.
SK Gupta, VK Khosla, BS Sharma
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India., India
Correspondence Address:
S K Gupta
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
India
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PMID: 10625903 
Lesions in the parasellar and paracavernous regions can be removed by various skull base approaches involving basal osteotomies. A major complication of intradural skull base approaches is CSF leak and associated meningitis. We have managed 5 patients with skull base lesions with a pure extradural approach using wide basal osteotomies. The operative techniques are described.
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