Far lateral supracerebellar infratentorial approach for the treatment of upper brainstem gliomas: Clinical experience with pediatric patients

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1037-1041

  Vougioukas, Vassilios I ^a   Omran, Heymut ^a   Gläsker, Sven ^a   Van Velthoven, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem glioma; Mesencephalon; Supracerebellar approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31444447743     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1140-6     Document Type: Article

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