Relative roles of microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of patients with cranial meningiomas: A single-surgeon 4-year integrated experience with both modalities

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 59-70

  Linskey, Mark E ^a,b   Davis, Stephen A ^a   Ratanatharathorn, Vaneerat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Meningioma; Microsurgery; Skull base surgery; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; INSTRUMENTATION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE;

EID: 13744249722     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0059     Document Type: Article

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