Anatomical aspects for surgery within the floor of the IVth ventricle

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Strauss, C ^a,b   Fahlbusch, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

brainstem surgery; microscopic anatomy; morphometry; rhomboid fossa; surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030982303     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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