A tentorial sling in microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-128

  Melvill, Roger L ^a   Baxter, Belinda L ^a  

^a Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Surgical technique; Tentorial sling; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLIP; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CEREBELLUM; CONSTRICTION; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030027431     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.1.0127     Document Type: Article

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