Evaluation of a new concept for the management of skull base chordomas and chondrosarcomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 165-170

  Feigl, Guenther Christian ^a   Bundschuh, Otto ^b   Gharabaghi, Alireza ^b   Safavi Abassi, Sam ^b   El Shawarby, Amr ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b   Horstmann, Gerhard A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Gamma knife surgery; Skull base tumor; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; CHORDOMA; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13744250158     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0165     Document Type: Article

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