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Double-edged Sword in the Placement of Carmustine (BCNU) Wafers along the Eloquent Area: A Case Report

Although direct Gliadel(®) wafer implantation into the resection cavity has been shown to significantly improve survival in patients with high-grade gliomas, several complications have been associated with the implantations of Gliadel wafers, including brain edema, healing delay, cerebral spinal flu...

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Autores principales: Kuramitsu, Shunichiro, Motomura, Kazuya, Natsume, Atsushi, Wakabayashi, Toshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28663961
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmccrj.2014-0025