Surgical treatment for severe visual compromised patients after pituitary apoplexy

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Chuang, Chi Cheng ^a   Chang, Chen Nen ^a   Wei, Kuo Chen ^a   Liao, Cheng Chih ^a   Hsu, Peng Wei ^a   Huang, Ying Cheng ^a   Chen, Yao Liang ^a   Lai, Li Ju ^a   Pai, Ping Ching ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement; Legal blindness; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy; Visual defect

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33749247560     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9148-7     Document Type: Article

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