Surgical treatment of craniopharyngiomas: Experience with 168 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a   Honegger, Jürgen ^a   Paulus, Werner ^a   Huk, Walter ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Operative technique; Outcome; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032927547     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0237     Document Type: Article

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