Comparative analysis of posterior approaches to the medial temporal region: Supracerebellar transtentorial versus occipital transtentorial

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Jittapiromsak, Pakrit ^a   Deshmukh, Pushpa ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Preul, Mark C ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic study; Medial temporal region; Occipital transtentorial; Supracerebellar transtentorial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL TRANSTENTORIAL APPROACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACEREBELLAR TRANSTENTORIAL APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISSECTION; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SKULL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 62849113032     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000334048.96772.A7     Document Type: Article

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