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Heinrich Bircher (1850–1923) and the first description of a surgical approach to the cavernous sinus

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Christoph J. Griessenauer, Martin M. Mortazavi, Mohammadali M. Shoja & Koichi Watanabe

  2. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, Grenada, UK

    Marios Loukas

  3. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    R. Shane Tubbs

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Griessenauer, C.J., Mortazavi, M.M., Loukas, M. et al. Heinrich Bircher (1850–1923) and the first description of a surgical approach to the cavernous sinus. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 1923–1925 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1978-3

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