Microsurgery for potential radiosurgical skull base lesions: A retrospective analysis and comparison of results

Skull Base

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Nanda, Anil ^a   Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Sathyanarayana, Satish ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242288693     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43323-1     Document Type: Article

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