Prospective study of microvascular decompression in hemifacial spasm

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 730-735

  Shin, Ji Cheol ^a   Chung, Ui Hwa ^a   Kim, You Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delayed resolution; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0343145664     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199704000-00013     Document Type: Article

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