Gamma knife radiosurgery in meningiomas of the posterior fossa. Experience with 62 treated lesions

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 211-217

  Nicolato, A ^a   Foroni, R ^a   Pellegrino, M ^a   Ferraresi, P ^a   Alessandrini, F ^a   Gerosa, M ^a   Bricolo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Meningioma; Posterior fossa; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035707177     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-19934     Document Type: Article

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