Brain Stem Gliomas surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Surgery

As a general rule, dorsal exophytic tumors and cervicomedullary tumors tend to do best with surgery, whereas surgery has no role in the management of diffuse brainstem gliomas.

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