Clival chordomas: Clinical management, results, and complications in 71 patients Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1059-1071

  Sen, Chandranath ^a   Triana, Aymara I ^a   Berglind, Niklas ^a   Godbold, James ^a   Shrivastava, Raj K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone tumor; Chordoma; Clivus; Craniovertebral junction; Proton beam therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149325315     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS08596     Document Type: Article

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