The surgical treatment strategy and results of parasellar meningiomas in the era of radiosurgery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 649-655

  Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Morikawa, Toshie ^a   Ishiguro, Tomoya ^a   Honda, Yuji ^a   Matsuzaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign neoplasm; Meningioma; Parasellar; Radiosurgery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGIOMA; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038463790     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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