The keyhole retrosigmoid approach to the cerebello-pontine angle: Indications, technical modifications, and results

Skull Base

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Mostafa, Badr Eldin ^a,b   El Sharnoubi, Mohammed ^a   Youssef, Ahmed Maher ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuromas; Microvascular decompression; Retrosigmoid approach; Vestibular neurectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; NEURECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSIGMOID APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 56649121927     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087220     Document Type: Article

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