A clinical analysis on microvascular decompression surgery in a series of 3000 cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 846-851

  Zhong, Jun ^a   Li, Shi Ting ^a   Zhu, Jin ^a   Guan, Hong Xin ^a   Zhou, Qiu Meng ^a   Jiao, Wei ^a   Ying, Ting Ting ^a   Yang, Xiao Sheng ^a   Zhan, Wen Chuang ^a   Hua, Xu Ming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approach; Conflict site; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Surgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOID SINUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864277258     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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