Microsurgery for glioblastoma preserves short-term quality of life both in functionally impaired and independent patients

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 866-873

  Mühlbauer, Manfred ^a   Gebhart, Evelyn ^a   Pfisterer, Wolfgang ^a   Knosp, Engelbert ^a  

^a Neurochirurgische Abteilung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Microsurgery; Quality of life; Total tumor resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037206876     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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