Endoscopic anatomy of sphenoid sinus for pituitary surgery

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 627-632

  Unlu, Agahan ^a   Meco, C ^a,b   Ugur, H C ^a   Comert, A ^a   Ozdemir, M ^a   Elhan, A ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Endoscopy; Pituitary adenoma; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTIC NERVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 54849423272     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20707     Document Type: Article

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