Posterior fossa craniotomy: An alternative to craniectomy

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Kurpad, Shekar N ^a   Cohen, Alan R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Craniotomy; Instrumentation; Posterior fossa; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTS; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032692816     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028833     Document Type: Article

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