Endoscopic supracerebellar infratentorial approach for pineal cyst resection: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Gore, Pankaj A ^a   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pineal cyst; Supracerebellar infratentorial approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GALEN VEIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PINEAL GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449103066     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317380.60938.79     Document Type: Article

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