Sublabial, transseptal, transsphenoidal approach to the pituitary region guided by the ACUSTAR I system

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-194

  Burkey, B B ^a   Speyer, M T ^a   Maciunas, R J ^a   Fitzpatrick, J M ^a   Galloway R L , Jr ^a   Allen, G S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PROLACTINOMA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031891590     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(98)80012-0     Document Type: Article

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