Endoscopic endonasal approach for clival chordomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-277

  Stippler, Martina ^a   Gardner, Paul A ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^b   Carrau, Ricardo L ^b   Prevedello, Daniel M ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Clivus; Cranial base surgery; Endoscopic; Expanded endonasal approach; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PENNSYLVANIA; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449145513     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338071.01241.E2     Document Type: Article

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