Surgical treatment of dumbbell-shaped neurinomas: report of an experience with 57 cases in a single hospital

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 594-602

  Zhou, Liang Fu ^a   Mao, Ying ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cranial nerve; Skull base surgery; Trigeminal neurinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MORBIDITY; NEURINOMA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 36448946884     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.12.065     Document Type: Article

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