Microsurgical and endoscopic anatomy of Liliequist's membrane: A complex and variable structure of the basal cisterns

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Froelich, Sebastien C ^a   Abdel Aziz, Khaled M ^a   Cohen, Paul D ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^b   Keller, Jeffrey T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid; Basal cisterns; Embryology; Liliequist; Oculomotor nerve; Perimesencephalic hemorrhage; Ventriculocisternostomy

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; SILICONE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LILIEQUIT MEMBRANE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ARACHNOID; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 56849133526     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000316419.49633.04     Document Type: Article

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