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Surgical Anatomy of the Lateral Ventricles

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The lateral ventricles, composed of the respective frontal horns, body, atrium, temporal and occipital horns, are here presented according to the neural structures that make up their floor, ceiling and anterior, medial and lateral walls, aiming in particular at the best understanding of the three-dimensionality of deep telencephalic structures.

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  1. Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, Institute of Neurosurgery Bolivia (INEB), Cochabamba, Cercado, Bolivia

    Richard Gonzalo Párraga

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    Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

  2. Neurosurgery Department, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Nícollas Nunes Rabelo

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

    Leonardo Christiaan Welling

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Párraga, R.G. (2023). Surgical Anatomy of the Lateral Ventricles . In: Figueiredo, E.G., Rabelo, N.N., Welling, L.C. (eds) Brain Anatomy and Neurosurgical Approaches . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14820-0_18

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