Surgically treated tuberculum sellae and diaphragm sellae meningiomas: The importance of short-term visual outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-243

  Park, Chul Kee ^a   Jung, Hee Won ^a,c   Yang, Seung Yeob ^a   Seol, Ho Jun ^b   Paek, Sun Ha ^a   Kim, Dong Gyn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diaphragm sellae; Meningioma; Tuberculum sellae; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33748312003     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223341.08402.C5     Document Type: Article

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