Direct transnasal approach for pituitary surgery

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Marquardt, Gerhard ^a   Yahya, Hilal ^a   Hermann, Elvis ^a   Seifert, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Pituitary tumours; Trans sphenoidal surgery; Transnasal approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE CAVITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LIP; NOSE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642334620     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-003-0301-x     Document Type: Article

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