Gross total surgical removal of malignant glioma from the medulla oblongata: Report of two adult cases with reference to surgical anatomy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Kyoshima, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Sakai, Keiichi ^a   Goto, Tetsuya ^a   Tanabe, Akihiko ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a   Nagashima, Hisashi ^a   Nakayama, Jun ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Direct surgery; Malignant glioma; Medulla oblongata; Surgery; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0345601984     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.02.007     Document Type: Article

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