Posterior fossa meningiomas: Surgical experience in 52 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1007-1012

  Cudlip, S A ^a   Wilkins, P R ^a   Johnston, F G ^a   Moore, A J ^a   Marsh, H T ^a   Bell, B A ^a  

^a ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Posterior fossa meningioma; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ATAXIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031793287     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050208     Document Type: Article

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