Pediatric pineal tumors: Need for a direct surgical approach and complications of the occipital transtentorial approach

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 174-178

  Shin, Hyung Jin ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^b   Jung, Hee Won ^b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child; Complication; Occipital transtentorial approach; Pineal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PINEAL GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031747182     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050206     Document Type: Article

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