Transsphenoidal endoscopic approach in the treatment of Rathke's cleft cyst

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-128

  Frank, Giorgio ^a   Sciarretta, Vittorio ^b   Mazzatenta, Diego ^a   Farneti, Giovanni ^c   Modugno, Giovanni Carlo ^b   Pasquini, Ernesto ^b  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Hypopituitarism; Rathke's cleft cyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 11144244463     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000144824.80046.1F     Document Type: Article

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