Transnasal surgery for infradiaphragmatic craniopharyngiomas in pediatric patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-966

  Abe, Takumi ^a   Lüdecke, Dieter K ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Craniopharyngioma; Endocrine function; Infradiaphragmatic tumor; Pediatric patient; Transnasal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344759171     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00012     Document Type: Article

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