TY - T1 - Extent of Resection and Long-Term Survival of Pineal Region Tumors in Helsinki Neurosurgery SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318329 T3 - A1 - Choque-Velasquez, Joham; Resendiz-Nieves, Julio; Jahromi, Behnam Rezai; Colasanti, Roberto; Raj, Rahul; Vehviläinen, Juho; Tynninen, Olli; Collan, Juhani; Niemelä, Mika; Hernesniemi, Juha A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - BACKGROUND: Pineal region tumors represent challenging surgical lesions with wide ranges of survival reported in different surgical series. In this article, we emphasize the role of complete microsurgical resection (CMR) to obtain a favorable long-term outcome of pineal region tumors. METHODS: We report a retrospective study of pineal region tumors operated on in Helsinki Neurosurgery between 1997 and 2015. Information was obtained from the hospital records, and an evaluation of the Finnish popu... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Microneurosurgery; Multidisciplinary management; Pineal region lesions; Pineal tumors; Radiochemotherapy; Sitting position; Supracerebellar infratentorial approach; PRESERVING NORMAL ANATOMY; PRINCIPLES; EXPERIENCE; 3112 Neurosciences; 3124 Neurology and psychiatry; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology N1 - PP - ER -