Prognostic factors of postoperative visual outcomes in tuberculum sellae meningioma

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-234

  Kim, Tae Won ^a   Jung, Shin ^a   Jung, Tae Young ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Kang, Sam Suk ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

T2 weighted image; Tuberculum sellae meningioma; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULUM SELLAE MENINGIOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 40949135121     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701772405     Document Type: Article

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