Endoscopic transnasal approach to the pituitary lesions using a navigation system (InstaTrak™ System): Technical note

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 120-123

  Ohhashi, G ^a   Kamio, M ^a   Abe, T ^a   Otori, N ^a   Haruna, S ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Navigation System; Pituitary Lesions; Transnasal Approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036303626     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32489     Document Type: Article

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