Microvascular decompression: Salient surgical principles and technical nuances

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 53, 2011, Pages

  Forbes, Jonathan ^a   Cooper, Calvin ^b   Jermakowicz, Walter ^b   Neimat, Joseph ^a   Konrad, Peter ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 80355145774     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2590     Document Type: Review

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