Pericollicular surgical approaches to the rhomboid fossa. Part I. Anatomical basis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 893-899

  Strauss, Christian ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Brainstem surgery; Infracollicular approach; Morphometry; Rhomboid fossa; Supracollicular approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 1842331562     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.6.0893     Document Type: Article

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