Current surgical outcomes for cranial base chordomas: Cohort study of 95 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1355-1360

  Di Maio, Salvatore ^a   Rostomily, Robert ^b   Sekhar, Laligam N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Microsurgery; Neurosurgery; Skull base neoplasms; Skull base surgery; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORDOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SKULL BASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; CHORDOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861530823     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182446783     Document Type: Article

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