Use of Gliadel (BCNU) wafer in the surgical treatment of malignant glioma: A 10-year institutional experience

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2887-2893

  Attenello, Frank J ^a   Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   Datoo, Ghazala ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Bohan, Eileen ^a   Weingart, Jon D ^a   Olivi, Alessandro ^a   Quinones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a   Brem, Henry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gliadel; Malignant astrocytoma; Polymer delivery

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARMUSTINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECANOIC ACIDS; DRUG CARRIERS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYESTERS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649126636     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0048-2     Document Type: Article

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