Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Surgical Approach For Internal Auditory Canal-A Morphometric Anatomical Study on Dry Human Temporal Bones

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-375

  Kolagi, Sanjeev ^a   Herur, Anita ^a   Ugale, Mahesh ^a   Manjula, R ^a   Mutalik, Ashwini ^a  

^a S NIJALINGAPPA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Human temporal bones; Internal auditory canal; Retrosigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551601867     PISSN: 00195421     EISSN: 00195421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-010-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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