Recovery of lower cranial nerve function after surgery for medullary brainstem tumors

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-77

  Jallo, George I ^a,d   Shiminski Maher, Tania ^b   Velazquez, Linda ^b   Abbott, Rick ^b   Wisoff, Jeff ^c   Epstein, Fred ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cranial nerve; Medulla; Postoperative deficits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11144233819     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000144782.39430.12     Document Type: Article

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