Removal of Petrous Apex Meningioma and Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia through the Anterior Petrosal Approach: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 447-451

  Kuroki, Akira ^a   Kayama, Takamasa ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Saito, Shinjiro ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior petrosal approach; microvascular decompression; petrous apex meningioma; superior cerebellar artery; trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0033010372     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.447     Document Type: Article

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