Endonasal transsphenoidal approach for pituitary adenomas and other sellar lesions: An assessment of efficacy, safety, and patient impressions

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 350-358

  Zada, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Kelly, Daniel F ^a,b,d   Cohan, Pejman ^a,b   Wang, Christina ^a,b   Swerdloff, Ronald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Craniopharyngioma; Cushing disease; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactinoma; Rathke cleft cyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037306735     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.2.0350     Document Type: Article

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