Surgical considerations in fourth ventricular ependymoma with the transcerebellomedullary fissure approach in focus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1221-1228

  Shimoji, Kazuaki ^a   Miyajima, Masakazu ^b   Karagiozov, Kostadin ^b   Yatomi, Kenji ^b   Matsushima, Toshio ^c   Arai, Hajime ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellomedullary fissure; Childhood; Ependymoma; Fourth ventricle

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL NERVE; EPENDYMOMA; EXTUBATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949121338     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0835-5     Document Type: Review

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