Resection of large petroclival meningiomas by the simple retrosigmoid route

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-30

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a   Carvalho, Gustavo A ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach; Clivus; Meningioma; Petroclival; Retrosigmoid approach; Transpetrosal approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002679235     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90598-2     Document Type: Article

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