Synchronous ventriculoscopic and microsurgical resection of complex craniopharyngiomas

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-436

  Filis, Andreas K ^a   Moon, Karam ^a   Cohen, Alan R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Craniopharyngioma; Hydrocephalus; Microsurgery; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MICROSURGERY; NAUSEA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; VENTRICULOSCOPY; VOMITING;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 75149121993     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000277617     Document Type: Article

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