Day-case neurosurgery for brain tumours: The early United Kingdom experience

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-367

  Grundy, P L ^a   Weidmann, C ^a   Bernstein, M ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain tumour; Craniotomy; Day case; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 45849147359     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690801961858     Document Type: Article

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