Transtemporal-transchoroidal approach and its transamygdala extension to the posterior chiasmatic cistern and diencephalo-mesencephalic lesions

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Hamlat, A ^a,b   Morandi, X ^a   Riffaud, L ^a   Carsin Nicol, B ^a   Haegelen, C ^a   Helal, H ^a   Brassier, G ^a,b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service ORL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Choroidal fissure; Diencephalic; Mesencephalic; Retrochiasmatic; Suprasellar; Surgical approach; Transtemporal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 41049091336     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1460-2     Document Type: Article

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