Suture knot on the repair splint: A simple method to facilitate reconstruction of the sella turcica during endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 938-939

  Kubo, Shigeki ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^b   Inui, Toshihiko ^b   Tominaga, Shinsuke ^b   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b  

^a Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endonasal approach; Endoscopy; Pituitary tumor; Sellar floor reconstruction; Suture knot; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FORCEPS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MATERIAL COATING; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; SPLINT;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NOSE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPLINTS; SUTURES;

EID: 20144364820     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.5.0938     Document Type: Article

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