Transposition technique of microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm without using a brain retractor

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Shigeno, Taku ^a   Kumai, Junichiro ^a   Horikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Aihara, Kouki ^a   Endo, Masaru ^a   Oya, Soichi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a   Nishido, Hajime ^a   Sakamoto, Masayuki ^a  

^a KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain retractor; Hemifacial spasm (HFS); Microvascular decompression; Vascular transposition; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; RETRACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 58849113949     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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