The retrosigmoid approach: Workhorse for petroclival meningioma surgery
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pre - sigmoid sinus approach to petroclival meningioma
in this article, the prcsigrnoid avenue to pertroclivai region is introduced and the advantage of such an approach is disusscd. ten patients were operated on by this approach. two illustrative cases are also presented.
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1793-5482
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.ajns_192_18