The surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas in the eighth decade

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Fraioli, Bernardo ^a   Pastore, Francesco S ^a   Signoretti, Stefano ^a   De Caro, Giovanni M F ^a   Giuffrè, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pituitary adenoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033017098     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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