Resection of a pontine cavernous malformation via an endoscopic endonasal approach: A case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Kimball, Matthew M ^a   Lewis, Stephen B ^a   Werning, John W ^a   Mocco, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cavernous malformation; Endonasal; Endoscopic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIPLOPIA; DYSARTHRIA; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSNASAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WALKING AID;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PONS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84865594832     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31824cabb1     Document Type: Article

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