The principles of skull base radiosurgery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery; Schwannoma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; METHODOLOGY; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PONS ANGLE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL IRRADIATION;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMMOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45549097632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/5/E11     Document Type: Article

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