Endoscopic assisted microneurosurgery for gasserian portion of trigeminal neuroma: Two cases

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 650-653

  Faleiro, Luiz Carlos Mendes ^a,b   Faleiro, Rodrigo Moreira ^a,c,d   Barroso, Luiz Fernando Vilar ^c   Gripp, Daniel Andrade ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL FELÍCIO ROCHO   (Brazil)

^c FRH   (France)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endoscopic brain surgery; Microneurosurgery; Posterior fossa tumors; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 85047236867     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000400025     Document Type: Article

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