Craniotomy repair with the retrosigmoid approach: The impact on quality of life of meticulous reconstruction of anatomical layers

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2255-2258

  Della Pepa, Giuseppe Maria ^a   Montano, Nicola ^a   Lucantoni, Corrado ^a   Alexandre, Andrea Maria ^a   Papacci, Fabio ^a   Meglio, Mario ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebello pontine angle; CPA approach; Craniectomy; Craniotomy; Postoperative headache; Retrosigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL REPAIR TECHNIQUE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSIGMOID CRANIOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL;

EID: 83055188273     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1113-3     Document Type: Article

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