Endoscopic and microscopic paraseptal transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica

Rhinology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Eloy, Philippe ^a   Watelet, Jean Baptiste ^b   Donckier, Julian ^a   Gustin, Thierry ^a   Gaudon, Isabelle Plouin ^a   Collet, Stéphanie ^a   Rombaux, Philippe ^a   Gillard, Claude ^a   Bertrand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b AZ Ghent ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complications; Endoscopy; Operating microscope; Paraseptal approach; Pituitary tumour; Sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29744467978     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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