Quality of life following surgery for malignancies of the anterior skull base

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Woertgen, Chris ^a   Rothoerl, Ralf Dirk ^a   Hosemann, Werner ^b   Strutz, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior skull base; Malignancies; Quality of life; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORTALITY; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SELF EVALUATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 33947638431     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-953513     Document Type: Article

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