Comparison of techniques for transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-206

  Neal, Jeffrey G ^a   Patel, Sunil J ^a   Kulbersh, John S ^a   Osguthorpe, J David ^a   Schlosser, Rodney J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pituitary tumor; Resection; Sinus surgery; Skull base; Sublabial; Transnasal; Transseptal; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249774598     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.2981     Document Type: Review

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