Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal microsurgery versus the sublabial approach for the treatment of pituitary tumors: Endonasal complications

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1838-1840

  Koren, Ilan ^a,b   Hadar, Tuvia ^a,b   Rappaport, Zvi H ^a,b   Yaniv, Eitan ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Nasal complications; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; CHORDOMA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032739728     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199911000-00022     Document Type: Article

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