In a collective of 72 children with tumors of the posterior fossa, the preoperative diagnosis, operation planning and performance, and use of additional procedures, like the preliminary ventricular drainage and interventriculostomy are described. The extent of intra- and postoperative complications
Posterior fossa lesions in childhood and infancy
β Scribed by Irith Reider-Groswasser; Amiram Catz; Shaul Harel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 736 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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