Microsurgical anatomy of the superior petrosal venous complex: New classifications and implications for subtemporal transtentorial and retrosigmoid suprameatal approaches

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1041-1050

  Tanriover, Necmettin ^a,c   Abe, Hiroshi ^b   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^b   Kawashima, Masatou ^b   Sanus, Galip Z ^a   Akar, Ziya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Meningioma; Retrosigmoid approach; Subtemporal approach; Superior petrosal vein; Trigeminal neuroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VEIN; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSIGMOID SUPRAMEATAL SURGERY; SUBTEMPORAL TRANSTENTORIAL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CADAVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL NERVES; CRANIAL SINUSES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249910055     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.1041     Document Type: Article

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