Microsurgical anatomy and quantitative analysis of the transtemporal- transchoroidal fissure approach to the ambient cistern

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Siwanuwatn, Rungsak ^a   Deshmukh, Pushpa ^b   Zabramski, Joseph M ^b   Preul, Mark C ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient cistern; Choroidal fissure; Microsurgical anatomy; Posterior cerebral artery; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CISTERN; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CHOROID FISSURE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CHOROIDAL POINT P2 P3 JUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL LANDMARK; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSTEMPORAL TRANSCHOROIDAL FISSURE APPROACH;

ARACHNOID; CADAVER; CHOROID PLEXUS; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MICROSURGERY; SILICON; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 26844453533     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000176407.35946.88     Document Type: Article

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