Background. The treatment of primary and recurrent skull base meningiomas presents a formidable surgical problem. Methods. Fifteen patients with primary and recurrent skull base meningiomas were treated by means of interstitial irradiation with iodine 125 ( I T ) seed implantation. The physical cha
The role of Gamma Knife surgery in the treatment of skull base chordomas
β Scribed by Kasandra Dassoulas; David Schlesinger; Chun Po Yen; Jason Sheehan
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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