The author presents his experience with the use of carbon dioxide laser surgery on five patients with brain stem gliomas. Such problematically located tumors, when removed by this freehand, secure, and efficient technique. were completely evaporated with minimum trauma to neighboring tissue. This me
Pediatric brain stem gliomas
β Scribed by Philip Littman; Patricia Jarrett; Larissa T. Bilaniuk; Lucy B. Rorke; Robert A. Zimmerman; Derek A. Bruce; Steven C. Carabell; Luis Schut
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 486 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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