Partial myotomy/myectomy of the trapezius muscle with an asleep-awake- asleep anesthetic technique for treatment of cervical dystonia: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 889-891

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,b   Koller, Remo ^a   Burgunder, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cervical dystonia; Spasmodic torticollis; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RESECTION; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORTICOLLIS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033392489     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.5.0889     Document Type: Article

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