Transcranial surgery for pituitary adenomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Youssef, A Samy ^a   Agazzi, Siviero ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Frontotemporal orbitozygomatic; Pituitary adenomas; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADENOMA; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744457556     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163602.05663.86     Document Type: Article

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