Bifrontal basal interhemispheric approach to craniopharyngioma resection with or without division of the anterior communicating artery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 951-956

  Shibuya, Masato ^a   Takayasu, Masakazu ^a   Suzuki, Yoshio ^a   Saito, Kiyoshi ^a   Sugita, Kenichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior communicating artery; craniopharyngioma; interhemispheric approach; pituitary stalk; surgical approach

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISION;

EID: 0029891764     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.0951     Document Type: Article

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