The oculomotor nerve: Microanatomical and endoscopic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-601

  Iaconetta, Giorgio ^a   De Notaris, Matteo ^a   Cavallo, Luigi Maria ^a   Benet, Arnau ^b   Enseñat, Joaquim ^b   Samii, Madjid ^c   Ferrer, Enrique ^b   Prats Galino, Alberto ^b   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Cranial nerves; Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach; Oculomotor nerve; Orbit

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; LATEX;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; ORBIT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE;

EID: 77649169677     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365422.36441.C8     Document Type: Article

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