Long-term evaluation of reconstruction of the sellar floor with a silicone plate in transsphenoidal surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 949-953

  Kabuto, Masanori ^a   Kubota, Toshihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^a   Kitai, Ryuhei ^a   Kodera, Toshiaki ^a   Kawai, Hideya ^a   Arishima, Hidetaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Sellar floor; Silicone plastic; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0031841877     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.6.0949     Document Type: Article

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