Far lateral approach for foramen magnum lesions

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-54

  Gupta, Sunil K ^a   Sharma, Bhawani S ^a   Khosla, Virender K ^a   Mathuria, Suresh N ^a   Pathak, Ashish ^a   Tewari, Manoj K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Far lateral approach; Foramen magnum tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NECK PAIN; NEUROFIBROMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033975807     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.48     Document Type: Article

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