Petroclival meningiomas: radiological features essential for surgeons
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Current Management of Petroclival Meningiomas
Lesions of the petroclival area have long been considered by neurosurgeons as unreachable,I,2 and until recently, patients afflicted with meningiomas in this region have carried poor prognoses, usually with a lethal outcome.1,39 Refined approaches and advances in microsurgery techniques, along with the aid of intraoperative monitoring, have encouraged neurosurgeons to reevaluate the ef1icacy of...
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عنوان ژورنال: ecancermedicalscience
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1754-6605
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2019.907