Post-operative remnants of brainstem cavernomas: Incidence, risk factors and management

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 879-886

  Cenzato, M ^a   Stefini, R ^a   Ambrosi, C ^a   Giovanelli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem cavernoma; Cavernous angioma; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAINSTEM CAVERNOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52449120320     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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