Insular gliomas: The case for surgical management - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-695

  Simon, Matthias ^a   Neuloh, Georg ^a   Von Lehe, Marec ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Insular glioma; Microsurgery; Prognostic factor; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INSULAR GLIOMA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649145733     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.7.JNS17639     Document Type: Article

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