Preservation of cranial nerve function following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for benign skull base meningiomas: Experience in 121 patients with follow-up of 5 to 9.8 years

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 84, Issue , 2002, Pages 71-76

  Eustacchio, Sandro ^a   Trummer, M ^a   Fuchs, I ^a   Schrottner O ^a   Sutter, B ^a   Pendl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Meningioma; Radiosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035982072     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6117-3_8     Document Type: Article

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