Advances in surgical techniques for resection of childhood cerebellopontine angle ependymomas are key to survival

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1229-1240

  Sanford, Robert A ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^b   Zwienenberg Lee, Marike ^c   Kun, Larry E ^b   Boop, Frederick A ^a  

^a SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Pediatric ependymoma; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOARSENESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PONS ANGLE EPENDYMOMA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL NERVES; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949143378     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0886-7     Document Type: Article

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