Transsphenoidal surgery in the elderly [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-730

  Letournel, Franck ^b   Menei, Philippe ^b   Guy, Gilles ^b   Saint Andre, Jean Paul ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BROMOCRIPTINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACROMEGALY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC CHIASM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHINORRHEA; SAFETY; SPHENOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038746762     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00229.x     Document Type: Letter

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