Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal chiasmapexy with silicone plates for empty sella syndrome - Technical note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 428-432

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

^a Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiasmapexy; Empty sella syndrome; Endoscopy; Sella turcica; Silicone; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CASE REPORT; CHIASMAPEXY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROLACTINOMA; SELLA TURCICA; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BROMOCRIPTINE; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC CHIASM; PROLACTINOMA; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SELLA TURCICA; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 24744471458     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.428     Document Type: Article

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