Endoscopic endonasal approach for resection of cranial base chordomas: Outcomes and learning curve

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 614-624

  Koutourousiou, Maria ^a   Gardner, Paul A ^a   Tormenti, Matthew J ^a   Henry, Stephanie L ^a   Stefko, Susan T ^b   Kassam, Amin B ^b   Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a,c,d  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Clivus; Endoscopic cranial base surgery; Endoscopic endonasal approach; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL BASE CHORDOMA; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865785507     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31825ea3e0     Document Type: Article

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