Endoscope-assisted microsurgery for tumors of the septum pellucidum: Surgical considerations and benefits of the method in the treatment of four serial cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Fratzoglou, M ^a   Leite Dos Santos, A R ^b   Gawish, I ^b   Perneczky, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscope assisted neurosurgery; Intraventricular tumors; Minimal invasive neurosurgery; Septum pellucidum tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11944251007     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0332-y     Document Type: Article

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