Microvascular decompression of the facial nerve

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 127-136

  Sauvain, Marc Olivier ^a   Magistris, Michel Roland ^a   De Tribolet, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital Cantonal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 0034770565     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otns.2001.26620     Document Type: Article

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