The Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm by Sling Retraction
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal Of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 2 (2) , 173-178
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02688698808992667
Abstract
A new method of microvascular decompression of the facial nerve using sling retraction is described. This method may elucidate the way in which this microsurgical exploration in the posterior fossa relieves hemifacial spasm.Keywords
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