A surgical case of hemifacial spasm caused by a tortuous, enlarged, and calcified vertebral artery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-441

  Miyazono, Masayuki ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Tourtuous vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CALCINOSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037386663     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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