New endoscope shaft for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Van Lindert, Erik J ^a   Grotenhuis, J André ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Instrumentation; Pituitary surgery; Surgical technique; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744437918     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163681.28487.2F     Document Type: Review

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