Endoscopic fenestration of middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts: Does size matter?

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Johnson, Reuben D ^a,b   Chapman, Sara ^b   Bojanic, Stana ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Endoscopy; Middle cranial fossa; Neurosurgery; Sylvian fissure

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; HUMANS; NEUROENDOSCOPY;

EID: 79953181222     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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