Petroclival meningiomas: is radical resection always the best option?
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Petroclival meningiomas: is radical resection always the best option?
BACKGROUND The surgical management of petroclival meningiomas is, despite the invaluable technical achievements in the past decade, still burdened by a high operative morbidity. It seems doubtful whether radical surgical removal should always be the primary goal in those lesions as advocated until very recently. METHODS A series was critically analysed and the literature discussed to elucidat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.4.341