title: [Open surgery for pontine hemorrhage: experience in 3 cases].
abstract: Experience in three pontine hemorrhage cases which were treated by open surgery is recorded here. They were operated on by trans-fourth ventricular, subtemporal transtentorial on retromastoid suboccipital approaches. The neurological symptom improved noticeably in one case who was operated on through the retromastoid suboccipital approach seven days after the onset. The pontine hemorrhage can even be cured with open surgery which is performed in the early stage and through the operative approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chukyo Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibuya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*