Lateral supracerebellar transtentorial approach for petroclival meningiomas: Operative technique and outcome: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Watanabe, Takao ^a   Katayama, Yoichi ^a   Fukushima, Takao ^a   Kawamata, Tatsuro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Petroclival region; Posterior fossa; Surgical approach; Tentorial incision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959972500     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.JNS101759     Document Type: Article

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