Anchoring method for hemifacial spasm associated with vertebral artery: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1487-1491

  Kyoshima, Kazuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Atsushi ^a   Toba, Yasuyuki ^a   Nitta, Junpei ^a   Muraoka, Shinsuke ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchoring method; Hemifacial spasm; Neurovascular decompression; Surgical technique; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032763596     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199912000-00048     Document Type: Article

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