Surgical management of medulloblastoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-21

  Sutton, Leslie N ^a,b   Phillips, Peter C ^a   Molloy, Patricia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Medulloblastoma; Mutism; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Staging; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METASTASIS; MUTISM; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030004081     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00165514     Document Type: Review

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