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Case Reports
. 1988;2(2):173-8.
doi: 10.3109/02688698808992667.

The treatment of hemifacial spasm by sling retraction

J N Rawlinson  1 , H B Coakham
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The treatment of hemifacial spasm by sling retraction

J N Rawlinson et al. Br J Neurosurg. 1988.

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.

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