Surgical management of craniopharyngiomas in children: Meta-analysis and comparison of transcranial and transsphenoidal approaches

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 630-643

  Elliott, Robert E ^a   Jane Jr , John A ^b   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Craniotomy; Pediatric; Radical resection; Transnasal; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSCRANIAL SURGERY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL; SPHENOID BONE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051801564     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821a872d     Document Type: Article

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