Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 161-169

  Ciric, Ivan ^a   Rosenblatt, Sami ^a   Zhao, Jin Chen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic concepts; Pituitary tumors; Technique; Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036664423     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00023     Document Type: Article

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