Surgical removal of petroclival meningiomas: What is the most appropriate treatment option in the multimodal treatment era?

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1069-1079

  Yamakami, Iwao ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Petroclival meningioma; Petrosal approach; Skull base surgery; Tumor removal

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACH; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMA; POSTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACH; RETROSIGMOID LATERAL SUBOCCIPITAL APPROACH; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE;

EID: 57749204326     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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