Neuronavigation using an image-guided endoscopic transnasal-sphenoethmoidal approach to clival chordomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Hwang, Peter Y ^a   Ho, Chi Long ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clival chordoma; Endoscopy; Minimally invasive; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; CLIVAL CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIPLOPIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349054722     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303219.55393.fe     Document Type: Article

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