Microvascular decompression of the accessory nerve for treatment of spasmodic torticollis: Early results in 12 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1251-1257

  Sun, Kehua ^a   Lu, Yicheng ^a   Hu, Guohan ^a   Luo, Chun ^a   Hou, Lijun ^a   Chen, Juxiang ^a   Wu, Xiaojun ^a   Mei, Qiyong ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Microvascular decompression; Movement disorder; Posterior inferior cerebral artery; Spasmodic torticollis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350004698     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0455-6     Document Type: Article

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