Centenary of the first trans-sphenoidal surgery of the hypophysis (Hermann Schloffer 1907) and its echoes within Croatian neurosurgical practice

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 157, Issue 23-24, 2007, Pages 618-624

  Fatovic Ferencic, Stella ^a   Gnjidić, Živko ^b  

^a CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hermann schloffer; Neurosurgical history; Pituitary gland; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROATIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSURGERY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CROATIA; ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 38049023155     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-007-0493-8     Document Type: Article

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