Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal treatment of pathology of the sellar region

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Rudnik, A ^a   Zawadzki, T ^a   Wojtacha, Maciej ^a,b   Bazowski, P ^a   Gamrot, J ^a   Galuszka Ignasiak, B ^a   Duda, I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Centralny Szpital Kliniczny ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Pituitary tumours; Sphenoidectomy; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PITUITARY DISEASES; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044377647     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830185     Document Type: Article

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