Endonasal transsphenoidal removal of tuberculum sellae meningiomas: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Cook, Shon W ^a   Smith, Zachary ^a   Kelly, Daniel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonasal; Endoscopy; Suprasellar; Transsphenoidal surgery; Tuberculum sellae meningioma

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CRANIOPLASTY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DURA MATER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC CHIASM COMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SELLA TURCICA MENINGIOMA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SUBLABIAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TRANSCRANIAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 3042824864     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000126952.51782.4d     Document Type: Article

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