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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Impact of a self-developed planning and self-constructed navigation system on skull base surgery: 10 years experience

Marco Caversaccio Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, University of BernCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Frank Langlotz MEM Research Center, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland
,
Lutz-Peter Nolte MEM Research Center, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland
&
Rudolf Häusler Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern
Pages 403-407 | Received 05 Sep 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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