Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas: A study of recurrence pattern and role of pre-Operative embolization - ‘a decade’S experience’
Author(s) -
A. M. Shenoy,
Namita Grover,
Nara Janardhan,
P NJayakumar,
T Hegde,
S Satish
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02993742
Subject(s) - otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , medicine , juvenile , nasopharyngeal cancer , embolization , general surgery , radiology , surgery , radiation therapy , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , ecology , biology
This study is a retrospective analysis of 30 consecutive cases of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JXA) operated at. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Bangalore, India: la tertiary referral centre) after prior emohilization by an interventional neuro-radiologisl (1996-2002). This study discusses critically the planning of surgical approach, based on anatomico-radiological factors and highlights the efficacy of preoperalive embolization in expediting total re moral of the tumor in 25 out of JO cases with advanced stage JNA.
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