Virtual endoscopy is a useful device for training and preoperative planning of transsphenoidal endoscopic pituitary surgery

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 214-220

  Wolfsberger, Stefan ^a,b   Forster, M T ^a   Donat, M ^a   Neubauer, A ^c   Buhler K ^c   Wegenkittl, R ^d   Czech, T ^a   Hainfellner, J A ^d   Knosp, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VRVIS RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

^d Tiani Medgraph AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Pituitary; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SELLA TURCICA; SIMULATION; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL ENDOSCOPIC PITUITARY SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SOFTWARE; SPHENOID SINUS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 4544287572     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818523     Document Type: Article

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