The "classic" transsphenoidal approach for resection of pituitary tumors

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Buchfelder, Michael ^a,b   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CANCER SURGERY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0036980454     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otns.2002.32498     Document Type: Article

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