A limited anterior petrosectomy with preoperative embolization of the inferior petrosal sinus for ventral brainstem tumor removal

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-18

  Fournier, Henri Dominique ^a   Mercier, Philippe ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Petrous apex; Skull base tumor; Transpetrosal approach

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033806614     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00271-8     Document Type: Article

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