Preservation of the superior petrosal sinus during the petrosal approach: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1294-1298

  Hafez, Ahmad ^a   Nader, Remi ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted approach; Infratentorial approach; Petrosal approach; Superior petrosal sinus

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROSAL APPROACH; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL SINUSES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955655464     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.6.JNS091461     Document Type: Article

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