Management of supratentorial cavernous malformations: Craniotomy versus gammaknife radiosurgery

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Pan, David Hung Chi ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; GKRS; Seizure control; Supratentorial cavernous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 13644252969     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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