Management of petroclival meningiomas by stereotactic radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-445

  Subach, Brian R ^a,c   Dade Lunsford, L ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Maitz, Ann H ^b   Flickinger, John C ^b  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Petroclival; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031932577     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199803000-00001     Document Type: Article

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