Transnasal endoscopic surgery of the pituitary gland: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-193

  Rodziewicz, Gerard S ^a,b   Kelley, Richard T ^a   Kellman, Robert M ^a   Smith, Mark V ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Pituitary tumors; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOSE; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0030011244     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199607000-00046     Document Type: Article

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