Gamma Knife surgery for parasellar meningiomas: Long-term results including complications, predictive factors, and progression-free survival: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1571-1577

  Williams, Brian J ^a   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Starke, Robert M ^a   Basina, Bhuvaneswara ^a   Nguyen, James ^a   Rainey, Jessica ^a   Sherman, Jonathan H ^a   Schlesinger, David ^a   Sheehan, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Parasellar meningioma; Skull base; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CONTROL; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAREASELLAR MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958011260     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS091939     Document Type: Article

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