Endonasal microscopic removal of clival chordomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Fatemi, Nasrin ^a   Dusick, Joshua R ^a   Gorgulho, Alessandra A ^a   Mattozo, Carlos A ^a   Moftakhar, Parham ^a   De Salles, Antonio A F ^a   Kelly, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clival chordoma; Endoscopy; Skull base; Stereotactic radiotherapy transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849147028     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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