Assessment of cognitive function before and after surgery for posterior cranial fossa lesions using computerized and conventional tests

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-448

  Ichimura, Shinya ^a   Ohira, Takayuki ^a   Kobayashi, Masahito ^a,b   Kano, Tadashige ^a   Akiyama, Takekazu ^a   Orii, Maaya ^a   Fukunaga, Atsushi ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Dokkyo Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Before and after surgery; Computerized test; Higher brain function; Neuropsychological evaluation; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL BONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKULL BASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954497162     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.441     Document Type: Article

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