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The endoscopic endonasal approach or microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas—It is all about right indication rather than superiority

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  1. Section of Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    David Monterroso Cohen, Hamid Borghei-Razavi, Varun R. Kshettry & Pablo F. Recinos

  2. Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Rose Ella Burkhart Brain Tumor and Neuro-oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Hamid Borghei-Razavi, Varun R. Kshettry & Pablo F. Recinos

  3. Pauline Braathen Neurological Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

    Hamid Borghei-Razavi

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Cohen, D.M., Borghei-Razavi, H., Kshettry, V.R. et al. The endoscopic endonasal approach or microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas—It is all about right indication rather than superiority. Acta Neurochir 162, 77–78 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-04080-3

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