Stitched sling retraction technique for microvascular decompression: Procedures and techniques based on an anatomical viewpoint

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-380

  Masuoka, Jun ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^a   Kawashima, Masatou ^a   Nakahara, Yukiko ^a   Funaki, Takeshi ^a   Mineta, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Sling retraction; Surgical technique; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INFRATENTORIAL LATERAL SUPRACEREBELLAR APPROACH; LATERAL SUBOCCIPITAL INFRAFLOCCULAR APPROACH; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STITCHED SLING RETRACTION TECHNIQUE; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCONDYLAR FOSSA APPROACH; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 79959971543     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-011-0310-0     Document Type: Review

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