Emergency transsphenoidal surgery for hemorrhagic pituitary adenomas

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-120

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Fei, Zhou ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Cao, Wei dong ^a   Liu, Wei ping ^a   Zhang, Jian ning ^a   Fu, Luo an ^a   Jiang, Xiao fan ^a   Zhen, Hai ning ^a   Song, Shao jun ^a   Li, Xia ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; Endoscopy; Hemorrhage; Microsurgery; Pituitary adenomas; Transsphenoidal route

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34548225095     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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