Management of skull based meningiomas in the elderly patient

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Roser, F ^a   Ebner, F H ^a   Ritz, R ^a   Samii, M ^c   Tatagiba, M S ^a   Nakamura, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age of 70; Life quality; Meningioma; Morbidity; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846353516     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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