Gamma knife surgery for skull base meningiomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-597

  Starke, Robert M ^a   Williams, Brian J ^a   Hiles, Claire ^a   Nguyen, James H ^b   Elsharkawy, Mohamed Y ^a   Sheehan, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Clivus; Gamma knife; Meningioma; Paraclinoid; Parasellar; Petroclival; Posterior fossa; Sella; Skull base; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLIVUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PETROUS BONE; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857815700     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.JNS11530     Document Type: Article

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