Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-310

  Shen, Chiung Chyi ^a   Wang, Yeou Chih ^a   Wei Shan, Hua ^a   Chang, Cheng Siu ^a   Sun, Ming His ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pituitary tumor; Prolactinoma; Sella; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DESMOPRESSIN; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALACTORRHEA; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0034066013     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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