Petroclival meningiomas: Surgical management and common complications

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-659

  Tahara, Adriana ^a,b,d   de Santana Jr , Pedro Augustto ^a,b   Calfat Maldaun, Marcos Vinicius ^a,b   Panagopoulos, Alexandros Theodoros ^a,b,d   da Silva, Arnaldo Neves ^c   Zicarelli, Carlos A ^a,b   Pires de Aguiar, Paulo Henrique ^a,b  

^a Hospital Santa Paula   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Sao Camilo   (Brazil)

^c WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multidirectional approach; Petroclival meningioma; Rotatable head frame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62549120819     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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