Visual outcome of blind eyes in pituitary apoplexy after transsphenoidal surgery: A series of 14 eyes

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-46

  Agrawal, Deepak ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Optic nerve decompression; Pituitary apoplexy; Transsphenoidal surgery; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BLINDNESS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11444256836     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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