Microsurgical approaches to the medial temporal region: An anatomical study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Campero, Alvaro ^a   Tróccoli, Gustavo ^b   Martins, Carolina ^a   Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a   Yasuda, Alexandre ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Hospital Dr J Penna   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Medial temporal region; Microsurgical anatomy; Surgical approaches; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIAL TEMPORAL APPROACH; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL INTERHEMISPHERIC APPROACH; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR TEMPORAL APPROACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACEREBELLAR TRANSTENTORIAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSSYLVIAN TRANSCISTERNAL APPROACH;

CADAVER; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33750047845     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223509.21474.2E     Document Type: Article

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