Neurosurgical oncology: advances in operative technologies and adjuncts

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 451-463

  D’Amico, Randy S ^a   Kennedy, Benjamin C ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection enhanced delivery; Fluorescence guided resection; Functional neuronavigation; Glioblastoma; Intraoperative MRI; Intraoperative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARMUSTINE; CINTREDEKIN BESUDOTOX; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; PACLITAXEL; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TOPOTECAN;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVECTION ENHANCED DELIVERY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84914679170     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1493-3     Document Type: Review

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