Telovelar approach to the fourth ventricle: Operative findings and results in 16 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-142

  El Bahy, K ^a,b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cerebellar mutism; Cerebellar tonsil; Fourth ventricle; Inferior medullary velum; Tela choroidea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DERMOID CYST; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12944275332     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0407-0     Document Type: Article

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