Surgical resection of thalamic tumors in children: Approaches and clinical results

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 753-760

  Baroncini, Marc ^a,b   Vinchon, Matthieu ^a   Minéo, Jean François ^a   Pichon, Fabienne ^c   Francke, Jean Paul ^b   Dhellemmes, Patrick ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Department of Radiology Center Oscar Lambret   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral neoplasm; Children; Surgical approaches; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249864124     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0299-4     Document Type: Article

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