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REVIEW ARTICLE

Endoscopic skull base surgery: a comprehensive comparison with open transcranial approaches

Ricardo J. KomotarDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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Robert M. StarkeDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Daniel M. S. RaperRoyal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vijay K. AnandDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY
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Theodore H. SchwartzDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Pages 637-648 | Received 09 Sep 2011, Accepted 31 Dec 2011, Published online: 10 Feb 2012

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