The evolution of extracranial approaches to the pituitary and anterior skull base

Pituitary

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Grosvenor, Ashley E ^a   Laws, Edward R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurosurgical history; Pituitary endocrinology; Pituitary surgery; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; SKULL BASE;

EID: 55649098360     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0095-5     Document Type: Review

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