A modification of the classic technique for expansion duroplasty of the posterior fossa

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Pirouzmand, Fahrad ^a   Tucker, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Duroplasty; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DURA MATER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846947161     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249239.28107.88     Document Type: Article

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