Reconstruction of the sellar dura in transsphenoidal surgery using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene dural substitute

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Sherman, Jonathan H ^a   Pouratian, Nader ^a   Okonkwo, David O ^b   Jane Jr , John A ^a   Laws, Edward R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ePTFE dural substitute; Pituitary tumor; Reconstruction; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLITEF; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLITEF IMPLANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SUBSTITUTES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549068761     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.07.069     Document Type: Article

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