Two-staged gamma knife radiosurgery for the treatment of large petroclival and cavernous sinus meningiomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 308-314

  Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakajima, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; cavernous sinus; Gamma knife; Meningioma; Petroclival; Radiosurgery; Two stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CONTROL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; SAFETY; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION;

EID: 0035655061     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(01)00622-X     Document Type: Article

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