Transsphenoidal microsurgery for pediatric craniopharyngioma: Special considerations regarding indications and method

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Im, So Hyang ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Chung, You Nam ^a   Kim, Hee Soo ^a   Lee, Chul Hee ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Childhood; Craniopharyngioma; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0037633624     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071321     Document Type: Article

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