Transcranial echo-guided transsphenoidal surgical approach for the removal of large macroadenomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-72

  Suzuki, Ryuta ^a   Asai, Jun Ichiro ^a   Nagashima, Goro ^a   Itokawa, Hiroshi ^a   Chang, Chih Wei ^a   Noda, Masayuki ^a   Fujimoto, Michio ^a   Fujimoto, Tsukasa ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echo guided surgery; Pituitary macroadenoma; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0347624007     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.1.0068     Document Type: Article

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