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Endoscopic transnasal resection of the odontoid in a patient with severe brainstem compression

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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, der Technischen Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

    Jens Gempt, Jens Lehmberg, Bernhard Meyer & Michael Stoffel

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Jens Lehmberg contributed equally.

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Gempt, J., Lehmberg, J., Meyer, B. et al. Endoscopic transnasal resection of the odontoid in a patient with severe brainstem compression. Acta Neurochir 152, 559–560 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0481-4

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