Transsphenoidal surgery for craniopharyngiomas: The lessons of experience, timing, and restraint

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 256-258

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Craniotomy; Endoscopic skull base surgery; Surgical approaches; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 78650326319     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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