The course of the lesser petrosal nerve on the middle cranial fossa

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kakizawa, Yukinari ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Fukushima, Yutaka ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^b   El Khouly, Hatem ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Greater petrosal nerve; Lesser petrosal nerve; Microsurgery; Microsurgical anatomy; Middle cranial fossae; Skull base; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; EARDRUM; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LESSER PETROSAL NERVE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; VAGUS NERVE;

CADAVER; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROENDOSCOPY;

EID: 34548685916     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000289707.49684.a3     Document Type: Article

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