Flexible endoscope-assisted endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 208-210

  Kawamata, T ^a   Kamikawa, S ^a   Iseki, H ^a   Hori, T ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endonasal; Flexible Endoscope; Pituitary Tumors; Rigid Endoscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0036948159     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36193     Document Type: Article

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