Endoscopic endonasal resection of anterior cranial base meningiomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-52

  Gardner, Paul A ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a,b   Thomas, Ajith ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^a   Mintz, Arlan H ^a   Prevedello, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Endonasal; Endoscopic; Meningioma; Outcomes; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOLOGY; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58749094099     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335069.30319.1E     Document Type: Article

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