Three-Dimensional Microsurgical Anatomy and the Safe Entry Zones of the Brainstem

Yagmurlu K., Rhoton A. L., Tanriover N., Bennett J. A.

OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY, vol.10, no.4, pp.602-619, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000466
  • Journal Name: OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.602-619
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There have been no studies of the structure and safe surgical entry zones of the brainstem based on fiber dissection studies combined with 3-dimensional (3-D) photography.