Cranial base reconstruction after transsphenoidal surgery with bioabsorbable implants: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 232-234

  Kaptain, George J ^a   Vincent, David A ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable; Pituitary gland; Polylactide; Reconstruction; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0035153468     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200101000-00048     Document Type: Article

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