Anatomic variations of the sphenoid sinus and their impact on trans-sphenoid pituitary surgery

Skull Base

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Hamid, Ossama ^a   El Fiky, Lobna ^a   Hassan, Ossama ^a   Kotb, Ali ^a   El Fiky, Sahar ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma; Pneumatization; Sphenoid sinus; Trans sphenoid approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 38849145054     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-992764     Document Type: Article

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