Surgical resection of cavernous malformations of the brainstem: Evolution of a minimally invasive technique

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 691-703

  Mai, Jeffrey C ^a   Ramanathan, Dinesh ^a   Kim, Louis J ^a   Sekhar, Laligam N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cavernoma; Cavernous malformation; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAINSTEM CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878382640     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.04.030     Document Type: Review

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