Endoscopic endonasal transclival resection of chordomas: Operative technique, clinical outcome, and review of the literature - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1061-1069

  Fraser, Justin F ^a   Nyquist, Gurston G ^a   Moore, Nicholas ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a   Schwartz, Theodore H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Clivus; Endoscopy; Minimally invasive; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952053176     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.JNS081504     Document Type: Article

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