Surgical Management of Pre-Chiasmatic Intraorbital Optic Nerve Gliomas in Children after Loss of Visual Function-Resection from Bulbus to Chiasm

• Main Authors: Julian Zipfel (Author), Jonas Tellermann (Author), Dorothea Besch (Author), Eckart Bertelmann (Author), Martin Ebinger (Author), Pablo Hernáiz Driever (Author), Jens Schittenhelm (Author), Rudi Beschorner (Author), Arend Koch (Author), Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale (Author), Martin Ulrich Schuhmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Optic pathway gliomas in children carry significant morbidity and therapeutic challenges. For the subgroup of pre-chiasmatic gliomas, intraorbital and intradural resection is a curative option after blindness. We present a two-center cohort using different surgical approaches. A retrospective analys...