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Comment
. 2025 May 17;167(1):143.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-025-06565-w.

Letter to the editor regarding: "Defining the caudal limits of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the craniovertebral junction: anatomic study correlating radiographic measures"

Masanori Yonenaga  1 , Hitoshi Yamahata  2 , Shingo Fujio  1 , Yushi Nagano  1 , Tomoko Hanada  1 , Ryutaro Makino  1 , Ryosuke Hanaya  1
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Letter to the editor regarding: "Defining the caudal limits of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the craniovertebral junction: anatomic study correlating radiographic measures"

Masanori Yonenaga et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). .
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Declarations. Ethical approval: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors and written informed consent was not obtained from the patients. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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