Surgical treatment of posterior fossa tumors via the occipital transtentorial approach: Evaluation of operative safety and results in 14 patients with anterosuperior cerebellar tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 927-935

  Shirane, R ^a   Kumabe, T ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a   Su, C C ^a   Jokura, H ^a   Umezawa, K ^a   Yoshimoto, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterosuperior cerebellar tumor; Astrocytoma; Hemangioblastoma; Medulloblastoma; Occipital transtentorial approach

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034866961     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.94.6.0927     Document Type: Article

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