Surgical treatment of intracavernous trigeminal schwannomas via a fronto-temporal epidural approach

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-109

  Mariniello, Giuseppe ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Buonamassa, Simona ^a   De Divitiis, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Schwannoma; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NERVE SURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 1542345646     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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