title: Regional vascular relationships to the foramen ovale: an anatomical study with application to approaches to the external skull base with an emphasis on transcutaneous procedures for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. rstubbs@uab.edu
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D054085:Foramen Ovale / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D019291:Skull Base / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery