Neurofiberscopic biopsy of tumors of the pineal region and posterior third ventricle: Indications, technique, complications, and results

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-276

  Chernov, Mikhail F ^a   Kamikawa, Shuji ^b   Yamane, Fumitaka ^c   Ishihara, Shoichiro ^c   Kubo, Osami ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Moriyama Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Indications; Neurofiberscopic biopsy; Outcome; Pineal tumor; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBER OPTICS; GERMINOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33748302850     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223504.29243.0B     Document Type: Article

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