Risk of damage to the endolymphatic sac and duct during removal of the posterior meatal wall: An anatomic study

Neurosurgery

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

  Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Tanaka, Ryusui ^a   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurinoma; Endolymphatic duct; Endolymphatic sac; Internal acoustic meatus; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRILL; ENDOLYMPHATIC LEDGE; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; INTRAMEATAL ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; MEASUREMENT; PETROUS BONE; POSTERIOR MEATAL LIP; POSTERIOR MEATAL WALL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 33750073178     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000233898.69106.75     Document Type: Article

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