Arachnoid cysts of the cerebellopontine angle: Diagnosis and surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Jallo, George I ^a   Woo, Henry H ^a   Meshki, Christopher ^a   Epstein, Fred J ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebellopontine angle; Fenestration; Suboccipital craniotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031013726     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199701000-00006     Document Type: Article

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