Surgical approaches to posterior third ventricular tumors

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 527-545

  Lozier, Alan P ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; MANNITOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0346258110     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(03)00061-5     Document Type: Review

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