The diploic venous system: Surgical anatomy and neurosurgical implications

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  García González, Ulises ^a   Cavalcanti, Daniel D ^a   Agrawal, Abhishek ^a   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Wallace, Robert C ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Preul, Mark C ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver dissection; Diploic channel; Diploic venous system; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; SKULL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TEMPORAL BONE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARIETAL BONE; SKULL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TEMPORAL BONE; VEINS;

EID: 73349114350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.FOCUS09169     Document Type: Article

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