Surgical planning for retrosigmoid craniotomies improved by 3D computed tomography venography

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Gharabaghi, A ^a,b   Rosahl, S K ^c   Feigl, G C ^b   Samii, A ^b   Liebig, T ^d   Heckl, S ^a   Mirzayan, J M ^b   Safavi Abbasi, S ^b   Koerbel, A ^a   Lowenheim H ^a   Nagele T ^a   Shahidi, R ^e   Samii, M ^b   Tatagiba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asterion; Brain tumor surgery; CT venography; Retrosigmoid craniotomy; Surgical planning; Three dimensional volume rendered imaging; Transverse and sigmoid sinuses

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC VENOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRANIAL SINUS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSIGMOID CRANIOTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSVERSE SINUSES;

EID: 38149007063     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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