Surgical indications for and limitations of staged transsphenoidal surgery for large pituitary tumors

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-220

  Nishizawa, Shigeru ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^a   Ohta, Seiji ^a   Uemura, Kenichi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intentionally staged operation; Pituitary tumor; Suprasellar extension; Surgical indication; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031946749     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.213     Document Type: Article

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