Cavernous sinus meningioma radiosurgery

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 136-142

  Lee, John Y K ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Flickinger, John C ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Meningioma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22244440202     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200309030-00005     Document Type: Article

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