The vulnerability of the vein of labbé during combined craniotomies of the middle and posterior fossae

Skull Base

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Lustig, Lawrence R ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Otology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; VEIN INJURY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0031894752     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058584     Document Type: Article

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