The role of surgery in meningiomas involving the optic nerve sheath

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-476

  Roser, Florian ^a,c   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Martini Thomas, Rosa ^a   Samii, Madjid ^b   Tatagiba, Marcos ^c  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Microsurgery; Optic nerve sheath; Orbital tumours; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646573038     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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