Neuroendoscopic transventricular surgery for suprasellar cystic mass lesions such as cystic craniopharyngioma and rathke cleft cyst

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 408-413

  Nakahara, Yukiko ^a,c   Koga, Hisao ^a   Maeda, Kenji ^a   Takagi, Masashi ^b   Tabuchi, Kazuo ^c  

^a KARATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA WAJIRO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuroendoscopy; Suprasellar cystic mass; Transventricular approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPIC TRANSVENTRICULAR SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 4644285322     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.408     Document Type: Article

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