Cranial Fossa, Posterior

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Anaphylactoid reaction due to the administration of ondansetron in a pediatric neurosurgical patient. 
  • Anterior clivectomy: surgical technique and clinical applications. 
  • Assessment of posterior fossa structures with midsagittal MRI: the effects of age. 
  • Atypical hemifacial microsomia associated with Chiari I malformation and syrinx: further evidence indicating that chiari I malformation is a disorder of the paraaxial mesoderm. Case report and review of the literature. 
  • Clinical and radiographic predictors of neurological outcome following posterior fossa decompression for spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage. 
  • Comparison of posterior fossa decompression with or without duraplasty in children with Type I Chiari malformation. 
  • Critical assessment of operative approaches for hearing preservation in small acoustic neuroma surgery: retrosigmoid vs middle fossa approach. 
  • Defining the superior border of posterior fossa radiation treatment fields. 
  • Ellen, a 12-year-old girl, was given a diagnosis of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor. 
  • Endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery for petroclival and clival meningiomas. 
  • Evaluation of apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds for diagnosis of medulloblastoma using diffusion-weighted imaging. 
  • FDG-PET in pediatric posterior fossa brain tumors. 
  • Genetic evaluation and application of posterior cranial fossa traits as endophenotypes for Chiari type I malformation. 
  • Hearing preservation with the transcrusal approach to the petroclival region. 
  • Impact of radiation technique upon the outcome of treatment for medulloblastoma. 
  • Intraoperative brainstem auditory evoked potentials: significant decrease in postoperative morbidity. 
  • Less is more: limiting the size of posterior fossa decompressions in Chiari I malformations. 
  • Limitations of brain stem auditory evoked potentials for intraoperative monitoring during a posterior fossa operation: case report and technical note. 
  • Low-stage medulloblastoma: final analysis of trial comparing standard-dose with reduced-dose neuraxis irradiation. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)--morphometric study. 
  • Osteoradionecrosis mimicking metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. 
  • Phenotypic definition of Chiari type I malformation coupled with high-density SNP genome screen shows significant evidence for linkage to regions on chromosomes 9 and 15. 
  • Polyethylene glycol hydrogel dural sealant may reduce incisional cerebrospinal fluid leak after posterior fossa surgery. 
  • Posterior fossa abnormalities in major depression: a controlled magnetic resonance imaging study. 
  • Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations. 
  • Primary histiocytic sarcoma of the clivus with focal extension into central nervous system and neurologic manifestations: First description at an unusual site with an overwhelming and rapid progression. 
  • Retrosigmoid suprafloccular transhorizontal fissure approach for resection of brainstem cavernous malformation. 
  • Spontaneous resolution of a 13-mm Chiari malformation Type I in relation to differential growth of the posterior fossa volume. 
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery in pediatric patients. 
  • Successful treatment of childhood pilocytic astrocytomas metastatic to the leptomeninges with high-dose cyclophosphamide. 
  • T classification and clivus margin as risk factors for determining locoregional control by radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 
  • The chemotherapy of posterior fossa tumors in childhood. 
  • The history of the combined supra- and infratentorial approach to the petroclival region. 
  • Treatment of Lateral Skull Base and Posterior Cranial Fossa Lesions Utilizing the Extended Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. 
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  Keywords of People

  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology