Surgical management of meningiomas involving the optic nerve sheath

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-959

  Schick, Uta ^a,b   Dott, Uwe ^a   Hassler, Werner ^a  

^a Klinikum Duisburg   (Germany)

^b Wedau Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optic nerve sheath meningioma; Orbital meningioma; Radiotherapy; Surgical treatment; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CHILD; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 16544368138     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.6.0951     Document Type: Article

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