Reevaluation of surgery for the treatment of brain metastases: Review of 208 patients with single or multiple brain metastases treated at one institution with modern neurosurgical techniques

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1021-1033

  Paek, Sun Ha ^a   Audu, Paul B ^b   Sperling, Michael R ^b   Cho, Joon ^c   Andrews, David W ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Complications; Corticography; Image guidance; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18244379320     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000158321.90608.BE     Document Type: Review

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