Classification of neurovascular compression in typical hemifacial spasm: Three-dimensional visualization of the facial and the vestibulocochlear nerves

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1154-1163

  Naraghi, Ramin ^a   Tanrikulu, Levent ^a   Troescher Weber, Regina ^a   Bischoff, Barbara ^a   Hecht, Martin ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Hastreiter, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Image processing; Neurovascular compression; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 37149045686     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/12/1154     Document Type: Article

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