Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 69-78 , January 2009

Transsulcal approach supported by navigation-guided neurophysiological monitoring for resection of paracentral cavernomas

  • Hongyu Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 200127 Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 200127 Shanghai, PR China. Tel.: +86 13311713837.
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  • Dorothea Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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  • Dirk Michael Schulte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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  • Ludwig Benes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
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  • Felix Rosenow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Philipps-University, Rudolf-Bultmann-Straße 8, 35039 Marburg, Germany
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  • Helmut Bertalanffy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinic Zuerich, CH-8091 Zuerich, Switzerland
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  • Ulrich Sure

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany

Received 8 November 2007 ,Revised 30 August 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.09.025

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 69-78 , January 2009

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