Microvascular decompression of the facial nerve for hemifacial spasm in youth

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 309-312

  Chang, Jin Woo ^a   Chang, Jong Hee ^a   Park, Yong Gou ^a   Chung, Sang Sup ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0034997257     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000432     Document Type: Article

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