title: Surgery of the clivus and anterior cervical spine.
abstract: Traumatic, degenerative, benign, and malignant lesions of the clivus and cervical spine were treated by three basic surgical procedures. Midline skull base lesions in the nasopharynx, clivus, and C-1 were approached via the transmandibular and transcervical route. Lesions of C-2 and C-3 were operated on through a high transcervical route (above the hypoglossal nerve). A low transcervical route was used for lesions at the level of C-4 to C-7.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn.
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Krespi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Har-El
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008722:Methods; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*