Minimally invasive approach to management of pituitary adenomas

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Kanaan, Imad N ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Complication; Hyperplasia; MRI; Navigation; Pituitary; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; MORTALITY; NEURONAVIGATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23144440385     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830270     Document Type: Article

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