A prospective evaluation of short-term health-related quality of life in patients undergoing anterior skull base surgery

Skull Base

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Abergel, Abraham ^a   Fliss, Dan M ^a   Margalit, Nevo ^b   Gil, Ziv ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cranial base; Craniofacial resection; Subcranial approach

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKULL SURGERY;

EID: 76149088134     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242982     Document Type: Article

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