Perioperative outcomes following surgery for brain tumors: Objective assessment and risk factor evaluation

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Moiyadi, Aliasgar ^a   Shetty, Prakash ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Intra axial brain tumors; neurological outcomes; perioperative outcomes; surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84856401513     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.91927     Document Type: Article

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