A new method to identify the internal auditory canal during the middle cranial fossa approach: A preliminary report

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-58

  Kobayashi, Toshimitsu ^a   Nakao, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Internal auditory canal; Middle cranial fossa approach; Superior semicircular canal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; PATHOLOGY; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EAR, INNER; HUMANS; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0034180394     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.191.55     Document Type: Article

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