Stereotactic radiosurgery for deep-seated cavernous malformations: A move toward more active, early intervention: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-699

  Nagy, Gábor ^a   Razak, Adam ^a   Rowe, Jeremy G ^a   Hodgson, Timothy J ^a   Coley, Stuart C ^a   Radatz, Matthias W R ^a   Patel, Umang J ^a   Kemeny, Andras A ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brainstem; Cavernous malformation; Radiosurgery; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLEEDING; BRAIN STEM; CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; THALAMUS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALAMIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALAMIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956222623     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS091156     Document Type: Article

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