Approach via the floor of the fourth ventricle for hydatid cyst of the pons

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 326-329

  Yilmazlar, Selcuk ^a   Aksoy, Kaya ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fourth ventricle; Hydatid cyst; Pons; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033508724     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028884     Document Type: Article

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