Surgery of extra-axial tumors of the cerebral base

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Gerganov, Venelin M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus meningioma; Cranial base; Foramen magnum; Meningioma; Petroclival meningioma; Skull base; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS SINUS MENINGIOMA; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIECTOMY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FORAMEN MAGNUM TUMOR; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VESTIBULAR MENINGIOMA; FORAMEN MAGNUM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMA; NEUROSURGERY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53049110636     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000315298.17807.56     Document Type: Article

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