Bridging veins on the tentorial surface of the cerebellum: A microsurgical anatomic study and operative considerations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1137-1145

  Ueyama, Takehiko ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^b   Tamaki, Norihiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging vein; Complications; Infratentorial approach; Microsurgical anatomy; Pineal tumor; Venous system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

CEREBELLUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; REFERENCE VALUES; VEINS;

EID: 0031757468     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199811000-00068     Document Type: Article

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