World Neurosurgery
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , December 2011

Surgically Treated Brain Tumors: A Retrospective Case Series of 10,009 Cases at a Single Institution

  • Young-Hoon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sang Woo Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ji Yeoun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jin Wook Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Yong Hwy Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ji Hoon Phi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Chul-Kee Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong Eun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Seung-Ki Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sun Ha Paek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Chun Kee Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kyu-Chang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Gyu Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Hee-Won Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence should be addressed: Hee-Won Jung, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 21 December 2010 ,Accepted 27 April 2011.

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 Conflict of interest statement: This study was supported by a grant of the Seoul National University Hospital Research Fund (04-2010-0470).

PII: S1878-8750(11)00515-8

doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.04.032

World Neurosurgery
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , December 2011

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