The contralateral transcallosal approach: Experience with 32 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 729-735

  Lawton, Michael T ^a   Golfinos, John G ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Cavernous malformations; Contralateral; Surgical technique; Transcallosal approach; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029830689     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199610000-00016     Document Type: Article

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