Surgical technique for trigeminal microvascular decompression

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1089-1095

  Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Broggi, Morgan ^a   Ferroli, Paolo ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Retrosigmoid approach; Surgical technique; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; DISSECTION; ELLIPTICAL RETROSIGMOID CRANIECTOMY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURONAVIGATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN INCISION; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84862763002     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1324-2     Document Type: Article

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