1. Endoscopic Endonasal Odontoidectomy
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Ernesto Pasquini, Giorgio Frank, Diego Mazzatenta, Matteo Zoli, Carmelo Mascari, Adelaide Valluzzi, Zoli, Matteo, Mazzatenta, Diego, Valluzzi, Adelaide, Mascari, Carmelo, Pasquini, Ernesto, and Frank, Giorgio
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Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endoscopic endonasal surgery ,Odontoidectomy ,Basilar invagination ,Nose ,Platybasia ,Odontoid Process ,medicine ,Humans ,business.industry ,Patient Selection ,Medicine (all) ,Craniovertebral junction ,Occipital-cervical degenerative disease ,General Medicine ,Decompression, Surgical ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Odontoid Proce ,Treatment Outcome ,Neuroendoscopy ,Cervical Vertebrae ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Spinal Cord Compression ,Human - Abstract
Odontoidectomy is the treatment of choice for irreducible ventral cervical-medullary compression. The endonasal endoscopic approach is an innovative approach for odontoidectomy. The aim of this article is to identify in which conditions this approach is indicated, discussing variants of the technique for selected cases of craniovertebral malformation with platybasia. We believe that the technical difficulties of this approach are balanced by the advantages for patients. Some conditions related to the patient and to the anatomy of the craniovertebral junction may favor adoption of the endoscopic endonasal approach, which should be considered complementary and not alternative to standard approaches.
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- 2015
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