Surgical treatment of clival chordomas: The transsphenoidal approach revisited

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 784-792

  Maira, Giulio ^a,b   Pallini, Roberto ^a   Anile, Carmelo ^a,b   Fernandez, Eduardo ^a   Salvinelli, Fabrizio ^a   La Rocca, Luigi Maria ^a   Rossi, Gian Franco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

clival chordoma; transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029848164     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.5.0784     Document Type: Article

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