A review of the endoscopic approach to the pituitary through the sphenoid sinus

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-13

  Rosen, Marc R ^a   Saigal, Kapil ^a   Evans, James ^b   Keane, William M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonasal; Endoscopic; Image guided; Sphenoidotomy; Surgery; Trans sphenoidal

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCISION; LIQUORRHEA; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33144486719     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000193168.46827.43     Document Type: Review

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