Microsurgical anatomy of the cochlear nuclei

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 728-738

  Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem implant; Cerebellomedullary fissure; Cochlear nucleus; Craniotomy; Foramen of Luschka; Fourth ventricle; Lateral recess; Microsurgical anatomy; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; MICROSURGERY; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR;

COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 33645752524     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000204870.83778.A1     Document Type: Article

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