Reliability of neuronavigation-assisted trans-sphenoidal tumor resections

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 557-562

  Carvi Y Nievas, Mario N ^a,b   Höllerhage, Hans Georg ^a  

^a KLINIKUM CHEMNITZ   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuronavigation reliability; Transsphenoidal tumour resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 34748899431     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X164184     Document Type: Article

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