Brain tumors with cysts treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery: Is microsurgery indicated?

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 38-44

  Kim, M S ^a   Lee, S I ^a   Sim, J H ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyst recurrence; Gamma Knife; Microsurgery; Ommaya reservoir; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATION; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0033395631     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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