Endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of a large chordoma in the posterior fossa

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-348

  Jho, H D ^a,b   Carrau, R L ^a   McLaughlin, M R ^a   Somaza, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Endoscopy; Skull base surgery; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; ELECTRON BEAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030943704     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808831     Document Type: Article

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