Surgical management of brainstem cavernomas: Selection of approaches and microsurgical techniques

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-324

  Ohue, Shiro ^a,b   Fukushima, Takanori ^a   Kumon, Yoshiaki ^b   Ohnishi, Takanori ^b   Friedman, Allan H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem cavernoma; Operative technique; Surgical approach; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956495049     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0256-7     Document Type: Article

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