Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm caused by the vertebral artery: A simple and effective transposition method using surgical glue

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Kurokawa, Yasutaka ^a,b   Maeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Toyooka, Terushige ^a   Inaba, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a Asahikawa Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b Asahikawa Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia; Vascular compression syndrome; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 1642387666     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00425-7     Document Type: Article

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