Prediction of vertebral artery compression in patients with hemifacial spasm using oblique sagittal MR imaging

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 565-571

  Nagasaki, Y ^a,c   Omata, T ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Uchida, M ^a   Ohhashi, Y ^a   Kase, M ^a   Nukui, H ^a   Tsuji, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Kanoiwa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Numata Neurosurg Heart Dis Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular decompression; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031927296     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050141     Document Type: Article

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