Neuronavigational endoscopic endonasal sellar and parasellar surgery using a 2-mm-diameter lens rigid-rod endoscope: A cadaver study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Di Rocco, Federico ^a,b   Oi, Shizuo ^a,b   Samii, Amir ^a   Paternó, Vincenzo ^a   Feigl, Günther C ^a   Lüdemann, Wolf ^a   Samii, Madjid ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadaver head model; Endonasal; Neuroendoscope; Neuronavigation; Pituitary anatomy; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; LENS; LIGHT; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; NOSE SEPTUM; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID; SUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TURBINATE; VISUAL FIELD;

CADAVER; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NASAL CAVITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 34147207887     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255381.64969.C8     Document Type: Article

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