Extended bifrontal craniotomy for midline anterior fossa meningiomas: Minimization of retraction-related edema and surgical outcomes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Chi, John H ^a,b   Parsa, Andrew T ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Kunwar, Sandeep ^a   McDermott, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b M779 Box 0112 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior fossa; Bifrontal craniotomy; Meningioma; Olfactory groove; Planum sphenoidale; Tuberculum sellae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750036382     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223508.60923.91     Document Type: Article

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