Meningiomas of the Sellar region presenting with visual impairment: Impact of various prognostic factors on surgical outcome in 62 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 471-476

  Zevgaridis, Dimitris ^b   Medele, R J ^a   Muller A ^a   Hischa, A C ^a   Steiger, H J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prognostic factors; Suprasellar meningioma; Surgery; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035009796     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170076     Document Type: Article

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