Transsphenoidal approaches to the pituitary: A progression in experience in a single centre

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1133-1138

  Duz, Bulent ^a   Harman, Ferhat ^a   Secer, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Bolu, Erol ^a   Gonul, Engin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endonasal transsphenoidal; Endoscopic endonasal operations; Endoscopy assisted endonasal; Pituitary adenoma; Sublabial transsphenoidal approach; Transseptal transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DRAIN; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949137622     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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