Tuberculum sellae meningiomas: High route or low route? A series of 51 consecutive cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 556-562

  De Divitiis, Enrico ^a   Esposito, Felice ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Cavallo, Luigi M ^a   De Divitiis, Oreste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Endoscopy; Extended transsphenoidal surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Tuberculum sellae meningioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA MENINGIOMA; SKULL BASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE REPORT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549093193     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317303.93460.24     Document Type: Article

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