A Novel Denervation Procedure for Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 92-95

  Taira, Takaomi ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peripheral denervation; Spasmodic torticollis; Ventral rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RATING SCALE; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842299566     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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