Use of the Smith’s Spreader as a Self-Retaining Retractor in the Direct Approach to Clival Tumours – A Technical Note

Adarsh Kudva; Ramya K. Suryanarayan; Girish Menon; Surbhi Varshney

doi:10.1007/s12070-023-04292-1

Use of the Smith’s Spreader as a Self-Retaining Retractor in the Direct Approach to Clival Tumours – A Technical Note

Adarsh Kudva
, Ramya K. Suryanarayan^*
, Girish Menon
, Surbhi Varshney

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The traditional Le Fort level 1 osteotomy has proven to be an effective in approaching central skull base lesions. The challenge being - stabilization of the down-fractured maxilla in an amenable position for tumour resection. The authors describe a simple technique to overcome the task of stabilizing the down-fractured maxilla.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1476-1477
Number of pages	2
Journal	Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Volume	76
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04292-1
Publication status	Published - 02-2024

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Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology

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