Reconstruction of the vein of Labbe by using a short saphenous vein bypass graft. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 671-675

  Morita, Akio ^a   Sekhar, Laligam N ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Petroclival meningioma; Petrosal approach; Reconstructive surgery saphenous vein graft; Vein of Labbe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031707101     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.4.0671     Document Type: Article

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