Clinical management of petroclival meningiomas and the eternal quest for preservation of quality of life: Personal experiences over a period of 20 years

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1099-1116

  Seifert, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex brain tumour surgery; Petroclival meningioma; Quality of life; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PETROCLIVAL MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955661389     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0633-6     Document Type: Review

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