Surgical treatment of brainstem cavernous malformations

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Garrett, Mark ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cavernous malformations; Review; Surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAINSTEM CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 71549158804     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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