Instruments for endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 392-396

  Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Alfieri, Alessandra ^a   Thermes, Stefano ^a   Buonamassa, Simona ^a   De Divitiis, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0032839243     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199908000-00041     Document Type: Article

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