Use of flexible hollow-core CO2 laser in microsurgical resection of CNS lesions: Early surgical experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1187-1192

  Killory, Brendan D ^a   Chang, Steve W ^a   Wait, Scott D ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; CO2 laser; Microsurgery; Neurosurgery; Omniguide; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASTROCYTOMA; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953011886     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000369195.17553.F3     Document Type: Article

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