Cotton gauze foreign body granuloma following microvascular decompression

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-89

  Parmar, D N ^a   Sharr, Michael ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body granuloma; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COTTON; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0032996987     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699944294     Document Type: Article

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