Surgical management of petroclival meningiomas: Defining resection goals based on risk of neurological morbidity and tumor recurrence rates in 137 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 546-558

  Little, Kenneth M ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a   Sampson, John H ^a   Wanibuchi, Masahiko ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Clivus; Cranial base; Meningioma; Petroclival; Skull base; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644420846     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000153906.12640.62     Document Type: Article

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