Chordomas of the skull base: Surgical management and outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-324

  Samii, Amir ^a,d   Gerganov, Venelin M ^a   Herold, Christian ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^b   Naka, Takahiko ^c   Mirzayan, M Javad ^a   Ostertag, Helmut ^a   Samii, Madjid ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Complication; Skull base; Surgical treatment; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHMOID BONE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MATRICARIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547680376     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/08/0319     Document Type: Article

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