Surgical management of giant pediatric craniopharyngiomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-416

  Elliott, Robert E ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant craniopharyngioma; Pediatric neurosurgery; Radical resection

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 78649760322     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS09385     Document Type: Article

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