Surgical management of meningiomas originating in Meckel's cave

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 767-775

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

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Meckel's cave; Meningioma; Trigeminal ganglion; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SURGERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030821180     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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