Harvey Cushing and Oskar Hirsch: Early forefathers of modern transsphenoidal surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1096-1104

  Liu, James K ^b   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b   Cole, Chad D ^b   Kan, Peter ^b   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Harvey Cushing; History of neurosurgery; Oskar Hirsch; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

CHEEK; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ART; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; SPHENOID SINUS; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PORTRAITS; SPHENOID SINUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044454903     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.6.1096     Document Type: Review

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