Carotid artery injury during transsphenoidal resection of pituitary tumor: Anesthesia perspective

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-326

  Gadhinglajkar, Shrinivas Vitthal ^a   Sreedhar, Rupa ^a   Bhattacharya, R N ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid cavernous fistula; False aneurysm; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; SPHENOID SINUS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0141752997     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200310000-00006     Document Type: Review

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