Surgical procedures for posterior fossa tumors in children: Does craniotomy lead to fewer complications than craniectomy?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 821-826

  Gnanalingham, Kanna K ^a   Lafuente, Jesus ^a   Thompson, Dominic ^a   Harkness, William ^a   Hayward, Richard ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Complication; Craniectomy; Craniotomy; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036800996     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.4.0821     Document Type: Article

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